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People lived for years in a captured state where they witnessed corruption, nepotism, and clientelism every day. At one extreme, parents could not enroll their child in a kindergarten because they were not members of the ruling party, while at the other, a construction mafia was laundering enormous amounts of money.

A New Dawn for Democracy in Serbia

Excitement is in the air following Aleksandar Vučić’s defeat in Serbia. To build a truly democratic state, the movement that unseated the former president must learn from the mistakes of the past.

Germany, diplomats said, believes von der Leyen’s proposal confuses the debate about enlarging the EU to the east by using the term ‘member’ for a looser relationship at a time when the EU is negotiating full accession with countries such as Ukraine.

Berlin nails new wording to unblock EU-Canada stalemate

Germany has resisted offering ’associate member’ status to Canada as EU talks went to the wire

Lula’s return was remarkable because it was not a conventional victory for the left. After years of economic turbulence, corruption scandals and deep political polarisation, Brazil appeared trapped in a bitter culture war. Rather than appealing exclusively to his traditional union base, Lula reached out to centrists, moderates and even former political rivals.

What Europe’s Centrists Can Learn From Brazil’s Lula and Serbia’s Student Rebels

As progressives in France, Germany and the United States struggle to reconnect with voters in the face of challenges from right wing populists, the victories of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil and Serbia’s anti-establishment student movement offer a lesson: broad coalitions and democratic renewal matter more than ideological purity.

We should be honest about where things stand. There is no evidence yet of a sustained wave of global family office money flowing into CEE. What the evidence does show is a set of increasingly sophisticated local family investors, solid underlying economies and a global investor community actively rethinking how and where it diversifies. That combination does not stay open forever.

Go East: CEE and the rise of family office investment

Why Poland and Romania deserve a place on the map of global family capital

The Arab parties were the story of election night. They look to have defied expectations and could gain a record 19 seats - helped by an unprecedented turnout from Israel’s Arab population, who account for about one-fifth of the country and often describe themselves as Palestinian citizens of Israel.

How could Israel break election deadlock? Here are four scenarios

Israel looks to be in political deadlock.

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On Monday, Mr Burnham declared that he wanted to see Britain rejoin the EU during his lifetime, and Downing Street has kept the door open to rejoining without a second referendum.

Analyses

Burnham ‘reopening old wounds’ on Brexit

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Andy Burnham is facing growing Labour anger over Brexit, with a minister warning him against “reopening old wounds” on Europe.

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Playing whack-a-mole with sanctions avoiders is better than the fatalistic assumption that sanctions are leaky by definition. It’s similar to a water leak at home: If a complete replacement of the pipes is not possible in the immediate term, trying to limit the damage with towels, buckets, and silicone fillers is better than doing nothing.

Europe

Europe needs its own Sanctions-Enforcement muscle

Thursday, October 22, 2026

The EU can impose sanctions but struggles to enforce them without the United States. With Washington increasingly disinterested in backing European interests, the bloc must now fend for itself

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Conveniently, it would also be for the 70th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome – establishing the European Economic Community, the foundation for what has since become the EU.

Europe

All roads lead to Rome

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Giorgia Meloni could bring an EU summit to Rome in March, potentially just weeks before Italians head to the polls in an early spring election

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With Ukraine’s severely diminished access to early warning intelligence following U.S. restrictions, its interceptor stocks running low, and its Starlink satellite access reportedly being throttled at the behest of the Trump administration, Russia is trying to press its advantage as winter arrives.

Analyses

Containing Escalation in the Black Sea

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Russia is testing the waters of NATO’s mutual defense clause. What do strikes in Romanian territorial waters mean for the alliance’s posture toward Moscow?

Student protests in France have seen hundreds of thousands take to the streets since they began late last month. Protesters have been demanding additional investment in their schools, criticising the lack of teachers and staff, overcrowded classrooms and run-down buildings.

Europe

Burnt out cars and shattered glass on Paris streets after protests turn to riots and looting

Monday, October 19, 2026

France awoke to scenes of widespread damage on Sunday after a day of riots and demonstrations, with shopfronts shattered, burnt out cars, charred bikes, and piles of glass and debris on the pavements of Paris.

Drawing on the experiences of communities in Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Uyghur diaspora, the delegation called for closer cooperation between Europe and Taiwanese civil society on information exchange, support for victims and human rights protection.

World

Demands made for "closer cooperation between EU and Taiwanese civil society"

Monday, October 19, 2026

A Taiwan civil rights worker has urged the European Parliament to press the EU “not to treat Taiwanese people as citizens of the People’s Republic of China.”

Almost half (49%) of companies do not trust artificial intelligence or automated systems for decisions related to workforce or staff matters. Some of these obstacles are addressed by existing EU rules

Management

Majority of Europeans think AI requires "careful management"

Thursday, October 15, 2026

European businesses rely increasingly on artificial intelligence (AI). That is what the results of the latest Eurobarometer survey tell us.

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These are not identical movements, nor do they operate in comparable political systems. But they share a powerful underlying frustration: the traditional route from education to economic security is looking increasingly uncertain.

World

India’s student protests serve as a warning to Modi: Europe is witnessing them too

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

From India’s exam scandals to student unrest in France and Belgium, Generation Z is questioning whether hard work still guarantees a better future. But the political consequences could be very different

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Underneath all of this sits one shift: from inheritance to legitimacy. Shares can be transferred overnight. Authority cannot. Employees, markets, professional managers and, frankly, the other relatives now expect successors to prove themselves, through operating responsibility, a venture of their own, time spent outside the family firm or serious international exposure.

World

A model for Asian century superclans succession?

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

We like to say the Asian Century will be decided by semiconductors, supply chains, defence and demographics

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Investment in space technology is a key factor in ensuring the retention of skilled personnel specialised in cybersecurity, AI, microelectronics and robotics, as this will attract new talent in areas previously conditioned to pursue careers in other EU countries (brain gain). Furthermore, the transition from a microsatellite programme to HELLAS-SPACE 2.0 is of strategic importance, as it will further strengthen Greece’s economic attractiveness by allowing for the sustained development of infrastructure and domestic industry.

Analyses

New Strategic Implications for the Greek Space Programme

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Greece is entering a new age of space involvement where it must strategically ready itself to face the geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges to come

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The recent failures of Franco-German cooperation on a next generation aircraft and tank, as well as their inability to come together on air-defense industrial projects are major setbacks.

World

Trump blindsides Ukraine but gives Europe an opportunity

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Ahead of a tough winter for Ukraine, Donald Trump’s swing back toward Russia bodes ill. But instead of panicking, Kyiv’s European allies are focusing on action.

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Fundamentally, the current tensions stem from the wholly divergent views Turkey and Israel hold of the regional order. Turkey favors an integrated, stable region led by strong central states. Israel’s current leaders prefer fragmented neighbors that are unable to threaten it.

World

Global politics Israel and Turkey: Visions of regional order clashing

Monday, October 12, 2026

Both Israel and Turkey hold an unspoken conviction that the other is not merely a regional actor, but an aspiring hegemon seeking to reshape the Middle East in its own image

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EU Actually

An EU-fist against China?

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In his weekly column N. Peter Kramer writes that unfair Chinese competition threatens to wipe EU industry of the map.

Europe

A New Dawn for Democracy in Serbia

A New Dawn for Democracy in Serbia

Excitement is in the air following Aleksandar Vučić’s defeat in Serbia. To build a truly democratic state, the movement that unseated the former president must learn from the mistakes of the past.

Business

Businesscraft: Japan’s Quiet Discipline for a Fractured World

Businesscraft: Japan’s Quiet Discipline for a Fractured World

For almost thirty years after the end of the Cold War, geopolitics stayed away from the corporate boardroom. Geopolitical considerations belonged to the foreign ministry or to a dedicated risk committee back at headquarters, and rarely crossed a CEO’s desk.

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