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Ulcinj could become a pilot site for the EU to demonstrate what meaningful membership looks like—long before formal accession. The EU could actively support alternative models of development there, including investment in ecotourism infrastructure. It could also help pilot participatory urban planning models that involve local residents, municipalities, and civil society, as a demonstration of EU membership in tangible terms.

Montenegro’s gulf deal: A strategic lesson for the EU

The agreement allowing the UAE to invest in Montenegro’s coastline has triggered local protests. The EU must rethink how it engages with enlargement, and step in with alternative investments that promote EU values

Some Labour ministers use Theresa May’s slogan she “would make Brexit work.” That is an oxymoron. When the very conservative governor of the Bank of England says here will be no growth if we continue to set our faces against trade with Europe that is an ex-cathedra statement saying Adieu to Brexit.

The ancient mariners of Brexit are losing the plot

So the white smoke emerged from Whitehall as the Prime Minister didn’t quite say “Habemas a Deal”. at the end of the much hyped UK-EU reset talks

“It has since emerged that the invitation came from a person who is currently under investigation by the Belgian authorities and who intended to speak to me about Huawei during the match,” Attard wrote. The MEP discussed Huawei with the person in question and later met them in Strasbourg.

Belgian prosecutors target MEPs in Huawei probe

So far three MEPs have confirmed that the Belgians want Parliament to lift their immunity

Twelve EU member states see nuclear energy as necessary to reduce dependence on Russian gas. Another reason for the sensational reversal: the enormous power needs of data centres for artificial intelligence. Microsoft and Amazon are investing $80 billion and $83 billion respectively in expansion and have reserved nuclear capacity in the US.

Why nuclear energy is suddenly so popular

Nuclear energy is being embraced more widely

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Analyses

Europe and the New World (Dis)Order

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Germany and Europe face a period of strategic uncertainty. How to use it constructively?

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Strategic connectivity offers a clear area for EU-Turkey alignment, particularly through the so-called Middle Corridor, a trade and transportation route that links Central Asia and the South Caucasus to Europe via the Caspian Sea and Turkey. Both Brussels and Ankara view this east–west corridor as a critical alternative to Russia-controlled infrastructure, especially since the war in Ukraine.

World

Why the EU needs Turkey in the South Caucasus

Thursday, May 22, 2025

As the South Caucasus undergoes a strategic realignment, the EU and Turkey have an opportunity to recalibrate their engagement. Converging interests in connectivity, stability, and regional integration might foster cooperation if long-standing assumptions are set aside

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The diplomat, who took up his post last June, said that “despite external pressures” the “good news” was that China’s economy had shown its resilience in a way that “many would not have predicted.” The country’s GDP last year, he told the meeting, grew by 5% which, while not comparing with even higher figures in previous years, “is quite impressive.”

World

Dialogue is the way to settle dispute, says top Chinese diplomat

Monday, May 19, 2025

Fei Shengchao, China’s ambassador to Brussels, spoke of “rising tensions” caused to world trade as a result of President Trump’s tariffs. He was addressing international reporters and others on the issue of world trade and tariffs at the Press Club Brussels-Europe

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However, scratching below the surface, the Netherlands was no paradise of harmony and prosperity. Periods of dramatic economic and technological transformation always offer more benefits to some groups than others. They also create changes that some embrace and others resist.

Analyses

Trump’s U.S. falls prey to the Dutch disease

Friday, May 16, 2025

Superficially viewed, Donald Trump’s attacks on the global economic and strategic order appear as attacks on the rest of the world

For Europe, particularly NATO countries bordering Russia, this dual challenge is highly relevant. Escalation control in a nuclear context demands clear communication channels and pre-defined red lines. Simultaneously, governments must be ready to wage an information war, leveraging open-source intelligence and rapid-response communication strategies to maintain public trust and shape narratives.

Analyses

Lessons from the India vs Pakistan air clash: a wake-up call for Europe

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

While Europe’s attention remains fixed on Ukraine, the recent short but intense air conflict between India and Pakistan offers valuable lessons for future air warfare—particularly for Nato defence planners

Never mind that Rama’s close allies have an unfortunate habit of ending up in court. Just this February, the Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, was placed in pre-trial detention on charges of corruption and money laundering. In 2022, it was former Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri who received a prison sentence for his ties to drug traffickers.

Analyses

The Brief – Edi Rama, everybody’s friend

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Rama’s supporters are thrilled with his fourth term. But election results are entirely predictable in a well-managed country.

They have also guided Ukrainian officials with daily advice behind the scenes on everything, from communications to diplomacy, to help them repair their severely damaged relationship with the U.S administration after the blow-up between Trump, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, and Zelensky in the Oval office at the end of February.

Europe

Why Europeans should impose a ceasefire in Ukraine

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

The meeting of EU leaders in Ukraine underscored their reliance on the United States for game-changing actions to end Russia’s war. But Europeans can influence military efforts on the ground, including interdicting Russian attacks over Kyiv

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Predicably President Trump did not like that and thereafter took to social media to blast her and to berate the service.And so, the competition for changing American minds and hearts after the outcome of the 2024 elections was off to the races.

World

“How to Be Brave” in the Age of Trump

Monday, May 12, 2025

As Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, D.C., put it in Berlin: “I am in the heart-changing business.”

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Pope Leo XIV certainly is a polyglot. He is, of course, the first American to be elected pope. Leo XIV is also the first pope to hold dual citizenship and, therefore, he also is the first Peruvian pope in history.Pope Leo XIV lived for over 20 years in Peru. Finally, it has been disclosed in recent days that Leo XIV has Creole roots on his maternal grandparents’ side.

Analyses

Pope Leo XIV: A True American Globalist

Monday, May 12, 2025

How the election of Pope Leo XIV may spiritually reset the clock on spreading nationalism

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We may well be seeing the smashing of the compact reached in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, at the Mount Washington Hotel back in 1944. Representatives of 44 allied nations met under U.S. and U.K. leadership to establish multilateral economic institutions to ensure that the post-Second World War world would be guided by a true spirit of partnership, cooperation and goodwill.

Analyses

Destroying the U.S.’s last global bridges?

Thursday, May 8, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump took a sledgehammer to the international trading system. Now, he is going to do the same to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and global poverty funding.

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Also, the transactionalism taking over international relations has infected several EU member states, which is increasing the risk of deadlock and disunity in the bloc at a crucial moment. Hungary is already set to block the renewal of EU sanctions against Russia in June and veto the beginning of membership negotiations with Ukraine. If this veto persists, some member states that support Ukraine may consider blocking any progress on the Western Balkans to put pressure on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Europe

EU enlargement in the age of geopolitics

Thursday, May 8, 2025

EU enlargement remains the union’s most potent tool to strengthen unity and stability in Europe. But to succeed in this era of geopolitical standoffs between great powers, enlargement requires greater EU engagement and an innovative, differentiated approach

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But in April, the Parliament’s legal affairs committee backed a legal opinion rejecting the Commission’s approach. The Parliament’s legal service argued the legal basis was procedurally inappropriate, as the proposal fails to meet the threshold for emergency powers.

Europe

Metsola to Commission: Change legal basis for €150bn defence fund or face EU court

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Metsola has considered legal action against the Commission for invoking an emergency clause to bypass Parliament oversight.

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Nuclear energy is being embraced more widely

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The ancient mariners of Brexit are losing the plot

The ancient mariners of Brexit are losing the plot

So the white smoke emerged from Whitehall as the Prime Minister didn’t quite say “Habemas a Deal”. at the end of the much hyped UK-EU reset talks

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Belgian prosecutors target MEPs in Huawei probe

Belgian prosecutors target MEPs in Huawei probe

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