Turkey Undermines NATO, Yet Again
By: EBR | Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Erdogan saves Putin’s Belarusian ally by playing spoiler role within NATO
European countries top the global talent list of 2020
By: EBR | Tuesday, June 1, 2021
A global ranking of 63 countries has found that investing in education at all levels boosts competitiveness by developing and attracting talent
Together with the US, the EU can keep the internet ’open’
By: EBR | Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Big Tech New internet legislation puts the EU at risk of falling behind the US and China. But together, the US and the EU can reach an international consensus
Why the EU is such a key player on global trade and tax reform
By: EBR | Tuesday, June 1, 2021
This summer the European Union will be swimming, if not drowning, in an alphabet soup of fraught global negotiations. Whether or not it emerges triumphant, these issues answer the familiar question of “what’s the EU for?”
Rising global temperatures ’inexorably closer’ to climate tipping point, WMO says
By: EBR | Monday, May 31, 2021
There is now a 40% chance that global temperatures will temporarily reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in the next five years -- and these odds are rising, a U.N. report said
Britain’s Post-Brexit Ambitions Will Be Modest, Not Global
By: EBR | Friday, May 28, 2021
Brexit Britain is discovering that its influence and ability to tackle global challenges have diminished. As reality sinks in, it could change the way Britain thinks and acts—very possibly for the better
Can we improve the world by remaining impartial?
By: EBR | Friday, May 28, 2021
What do you do when violent conflict erupts, innocent people get killed, and human rights are being violated?
The race to net-zero is on. This is how we can cross the finish line
By: EBR | Thursday, May 27, 2021
The world faces converging environmental crises that are inextricably linked: the accelerating destruction of nature and climate change, driven largely by unsustainable production and consumption
Nord Stream 2: Biden waives US sanction on pipeline
By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, May 24, 2021
US President Joe Biden has removed the consortium building Nord Stream 2 from the US sanctions list. The company’s CEO, former Stasi agent Matthias Warnig, is also no longer on the list
Can Europe Do Anything to De-escalate the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
By: EBR | Friday, May 21, 2021
The EU’s hollow statements expressing “concern” over the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflagration will not deter either party. Unless the Europeans use what little leverage they have, they can forget about having a strategic role in the region
India: The Europe of Asia
By: EBR | Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Despite a similarity in temperament, Europe and India struggle to enhance their partnership. Why?
EU military project more important than NATO?
By: EBR | Tuesday, May 18, 2021
NATO member Turkey has submitted an application to participate in the EU’s Dutch-led military project on military mobility, despite tense relations with Greece and Cyprus. While the request is being reviewed, EU diplomats are split over Ankara’s possible participation
What will finally break the cycle of violence between Israel and Hamas?
By: EBR | Monday, May 17, 2021
How will this round of bloodshed between Israel and Hamas end? In 2006, at the heat of the Second Lebanon War, I briefly met Anthony Cordesman, one of the most respected military strategists in the world
Building a resilient and inclusive global health system together—Taiwan can help
By: EBR | Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The threat that emerging infectious diseases pose to global health and the economy, trade, and tourism never ceases
Conservatives continue to gain in former Labour heartland
By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, May 10, 2021
Local elections rarely warrant broad attention, but we do not live in normal times and the votes Britons cast Thursday don’t count as a normal local election
The EU’s Passive Approach to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
By: EBR | Thursday, May 6, 2021
The Europeans have paid lip service to a two-state solution based on an independent Palestine alongside Israel. But without a clear plan to make it happen, such a solution will remain unattainable
Biden had a good start but is also ‘Trumpian’
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Joe Biden has served 100 days as president, which serves since President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a measure of campaign promises and commitments that have not (yet) been fulfilled and of dreams and actions
US and Britain tell China and Russia: the West is not over yet
By: EBR | Tuesday, May 4, 2021
The Group of Seven western democracies aims to court new allies to counter challenges from China and Russia without holding Beijing down and while pursuing more stable ties with the Kremlin, two of its top diplomats said
Why businesses must drive the next evolution in global connectivity
By: EBR | Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Conventional wisdom tells us that every business is now a technology business. Through the explosion of devices that compute in some form or another – from cars and phones to medical devices and farming equipment – the lines between the ‘technology’ sector and other industries blur into transparency
Global alliance for phasing out coal not fit for purpose, says NGO
By: EBR | Wednesday, April 28, 2021
An attempt by the UK government to encourage countries and businesses around the world to quit coal for power generation is failing to make an impact, and in danger of being used as “greenwash”, an assessment has found
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