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Álvaro de la Cruz

Madrid: a European oasis

It is well known that the Sahara Desert was once a large tropical forest. Due to millennia of atmospheric and climate changes, it lost most of its greenery and is now Earth’s second largest desert. Despite this, one can still find a few tiny green paradises in the Sahara, called oasis. And there is nothing […]

01 March 2021

Maksim Hacak

Back to the USSR?

Under Lukashenka’s regime, Belarus has been increasing the similarities with the former Soviet Union. Such policy was all but officially declared on the so-called All-Belarusian People’s Assembly, that took place in Minsk on February 11-12. The daily protests that began after the presidential election have been ongoing for almost 200 days. The amount of protesters […]

23 February 2021

Angelos Chryssogelos

The Vaccine Debacle Reveals That the EU is not Immune From Brexit

The EU finds itself in the midst of a vaccine crisis, with the slow rollout of its vaccination program compounded by a feud with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and a diplomatic faux pas over the application of its vaccine export controls to Northern Ireland. It is clear that the EU’s vaccine debacle creates major questions for […]

03 February 2021

Tomi Huhtanen

While the EU searches for a stronger partnership, India’s future global role remains unclear

The EU is right to boost its relationship with India, who might be the world’s strongest economic power by the end of the century. However, many hurdles remain for India to take on a leading global role. With the Western world struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic and China strengthening its position, bolstered by a good […]

27 January 2021

Tomas Tobé

Making Development Aid Dependent on Cooperation on Migration

On 25 November 2020, a majority of the European Parliament approved my report on improving the efficiency of development aid. The report puts efficiency and effectiveness back at the centre of development cooperation. It also establishes conditionality for third country recipients of development aid to promote joint priorities as well as EU policy objectives on, […]

26 January 2021

Panagiotis Kakolyris

Safeguarding the algorithm of democracy

Even though the decision by the main social media platforms to silence Donald Trump was a relief for many, it was also a source of concern and scepticism. The fact that a CEO had the unquestionable power to block the sitting President of the second largest democracy in the world, a nuclear superpower, shortly after […]

21 January 2021

Eoin Drea

Ireland is About to Get a Whole Lot More British

Who knew that the negative impacts of Brexit could be so easily mitigated by Ireland? After years of conjuring up vistas of hard borders and economic wastelands, Dublin now seems ready, willing, and able to embark on a beautiful European dream. But such views bely a worrying naivety about Ireland’s real economic and cultural dependencies.   […]

20 January 2021

Mikuláš Dzurinda

The Reasons Behind Navalny’s Return

Among those who remember their experience under communist, totalitarian regimes who imprisoned and sometimes killed freedom fighters, some are now asking: why did Navalny return to Russia? Doesn’t he know what happened to Kasparov, Khodorkovsky and other exiles? The fate of Nemtsov and Politkovskaya? Or has he already forgotten what he recently experienced while returning […]

18 January 2021

Dimitar Lilkov

China’s Digital Currency: Mao Would be Proud

You’ve got to hand it to the Chinese authorities – there`s never a dull moment. In late 2020, a lottery was organised in the city of Suzhou for the allocation of thousands of online wallets, each containing 200 digital yuan (25 euro). The lottery was one of the many pilot experiments organised by the People’s […]

14 January 2021

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