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French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s instinct to set up what’s now called “the coalition of the willing” to prepare security guarantees for Ukraine was the right one. But it has fallen short. Too many European countries are still paralyzed out of acting militarily in the absence of U.S. involvement. And the few who aren’t, keep repeating like a mantra that they wouldn’t deploy troops before a ceasefire, which is all the motivation Putin needs to scupper any such deal.

Europe’s summer of Trump delusion

Despite a shifting global order, Europe keeps playing by the old handbook. To become a truly geopolitical power, the EU and its member states must assert their economic and military strength both in trade negotiations and on the Ukrainian battlefield

The EU is capable of sudden and profound shifts once it commits to specific objectives. It is also capable of acting with determination. It created the Schengen Area for passport-free movement for citizens of many European states and managed to hold onto and even enlarge that area despite the 2015 migration crisis.

Betting on Europe

By: EBR | Thursday, July 17, 2025

The rift between Brussels and Washington raises questions about which side will emerge stronger. The Europeans are laying the groundwork to enhance their power and have already proved their ability to withstand epochal change

"There were moments last week where I believe it was almost palpable that there was an agreement nearly in place, and really what needs to happen in the hours and days ahead is a renewed effort to arrive at an agreement that can protect jobs, can protect economic stability in Ireland, in Europe and in the United States."

US-EU framework trade deal was ’tantalisingly close’

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 16, 2025

A framework agreement on trade between the United States and the European Union (EU) was "tantalisingly close" before US President Donald Trump threatened to impose 30% tariffs on imports from the EU, Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) Simon Harris has said

Nevertheless, these developments have not girded their loins. Spooked by Trump’s brutality, unpredictability, and volatility, Europeans have sought to placate him with promises to spend vast amounts of their scarce euros on American products. This will come at the expense of building more European security of supply and more industrial capacity—and hence more sovereignty and autonomy—while Washington regularly proves it is no longer as reliable as it once was.

EU’s claim to geopolitical power isn’t passing the Trump test

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Europe has become more dependent on the United States to appease Trump. To assert itself as a true geopolitical force, the EU must deepen ties with partners who value its reliable and diplomatic approach

Latin America at the crossroads: Reviving nuclear leadership for a safer world

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Once a global leader in nuclear disarmament, Latin America faces a critical decision: Reclaim its moral authority or risk irrelevance.

But Donald Trump goes much further than that. He has argued for decades that the EU was created after the Second World War to “rip off” the United States.I know this is completely wrong. How so? Because, at the start of my career as a U.S. Foreign Service officer, I was assigned to European Affairs in the State Department from 1960 to 1962, working on European integration.

A century apart, two disastrous turns of U.S. policy toward Europe

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Former U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of CommerceWith Donald Trump claiming that the “EU is far nastier than China,” it is high time to take a closer look at U.S.-European relations.

Although [Trump] is leading his own country and much of the world into great danger, that doesn’t absolve Europe’s leaders from making a huge effort to repair the damage and to recover the EU’s fading influence.

Trump’s betrayal of the world’s poor is Europe’s opportunity

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Of all the chaos wreaked by Donald Trump, the most destructive and long-lasting will fall on the weakest, least resilient parts of the developing world

However, the UK says it’s not planning to follow suit - making it an attractive market for firms like XPeng, which started delivering its G6 model to British consumers in March, and BYD, which launched its Dolphin Surf model this month in the UK, and is available for as little as $26,100.

How China made electric vehicles mainstream

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 24, 2025

"I drive an electric vehicle because I am poor," says Lu Yunfeng, a private hire driver

It is an attempt to solve problems that most nations face on the assumption that they may be more effectively addressed when guided by a mindset of cross-border cooperation.Deliberately mischaracterizing that constructive striving for cooperation with “globalist conformity” is, in the most innocuous of interpretations, a very transparent attempt to say “my way or the highway.”

Message to the U.S. crusaders: Asking for submission is Un-American

By: EBR | Monday, June 23, 2025

Yes, Europe is not part of the Trump brand of American civilization because asking for submission is un-American

At its factory in Douai, in northeastern France, an army of spark-spitting robots weld sections of steel to form car bodies, while on the main assembly line, automated systems mate together bodyshells, doors, batteries, motors and other parts, before human workers apply the finishing touches.

China’s electric cars are becoming slicker and cheaper - but is there a deeper cost?

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 10, 2025

In China, they call it the Seagull, and it has looks to match

By focusing on deliverables feasible over the next two years, such as reforms, elections, the disarming of Hamas, and deployment of a stabilization mission, instead of attempting once again to start by resolving the intractable issues of land swaps and refugee returns, the Franco-Saudi approach aims to deliver change as quickly as possible.

Europeans and Arabs must take historic steps toward a Palestinian State

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 10, 2025

After decades of conflict between Israel and Palestine, next week’s Franco-Saudi conference aims to take practical steps toward a two-state solution. To finally secure peace in the region, American, European, and Arab countries must commit to bold and decisive actions on the ground.

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.

Why the EU needs Turkey in the South Caucasus

By: EBR | 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

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

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 21, 2025

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

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.”

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

By: EBR | 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

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.

“How to Be Brave” in the Age of Trump

By: EBR | 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.”

Last elected in 2023, Erdogan cannot run again under the law unless an early election is called and is backed by three-fifths of parliament, for which he would need support beyond his ruling conservative coalition. A CHP public petition calling for Imamoglu’s freedom and early elections has surpassed 13 million signatures, according to Milliyet newspaper. The party did not respond when asked for the latest data.

Turkish support firms for jailed mayor Imamoglu vs Erdogan, polls show

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Popular support for Ekrem Imamoglu, the Istanbul mayor whose arrest sparked Turkey’s largest protests in a decade, has risen further above President Tayyip Erdogan since he was detained and jailed in March, opinion polls show

As the name implies, MAGA harks back to some mythical past when the United States of America was great. In Trump’s telling, that America was destroyed by evil leaders such as the Clintons, Barack Hussein Obama and Sleepy Joe Biden – all men who allowed Canada, Mexico, China, the European Union and the rest to rob, rape and pillage the United States.

Trump and Putin: Reflections on the U.S.-Russian Victimhood Alliance

By: EBR | Friday, April 25, 2025

If Trump’s and Putin’s political success depends on their supporters’ sense of frustration and resentment, why would they want to improve their lot?

The NHI cloud facilitates the more efficient exchange of medical records, while the adoption of international standards such as Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources enhances international medical data sharing. Additionally, the incorporation of AI-assisted technologies is advancing the development of smart healthcare. And the introduction of a virtual health insurance card and the My Health Bank app, which enables real-time management of personal health data, empowers people to make health-enabling choices.

Advancing health equity and promoting a healthier Taiwan on the 30th anniversary of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance system

By: EBR | Thursday, April 24, 2025

Health is a fundamental human right and a universal value

Where it has gotten challenging is that while Meloni shares some fundamental values and policy preferences with Trump—like the primacy of national interests, antiwokeism, and a civilizational view of social issues—his view of international relations is fundamentally upending and weakening multilateralism, thus endangering the basis of Italy’s role in the world.

Can Meloni save the Transatlantic Alliance?

By: EBR | Thursday, April 24, 2025

After Donald Trump initiated a global trade war, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is leveraging her personal ties with the U.S. president to save the transatlantic alliance.To advance European and Italian interests, Rome should advocate a global order based on shared institutions and norms that maximize benefits for all.

Priced out of the United States and potentially other traditional markets by defensive safeguard measures, many firms will search for new supply and demand opportunities. Beyond helping with the arduous task of screening for new partners and commercial opportunities, AI will be important in making these new trade flows viable.

Navigating global trade: AI solutions for tariff turmoil

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 23, 2025

The United States, the world’s largest importer, has put in place its highest tariffs for more than a hundred years

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