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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

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

The wider group of the world’s cardinals later asked them to stop doing the briefings.Even if there are no press conferences this time, cardinals spending time in Rome often celebrate Masses at churches across the city. The sermons they offer on those occasions could give indications of what they are thinking.

Who will be the next pope? Some hints to watch for

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 23, 2025

No one knows who the world’s Catholic cardinals will choose to succeed Pope Francis as the new leader of the global Catholic Church

For Fidanza, Trump’s recent tariff suspension carries a broader geopolitical message: it signals US interest in forming a unified Western economic front to counterbalance China’s global industrial expansion. This strategy goes beyond merely addressing the US trade deficit, although that remains an important consideration given America’s substantial public debt.

Inside Meloni’s strategy ahead of her meeting with Trump

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Meloni aims to position herself as a catalyst capable of reigniting stalled EU-US trade dialogue

At a time of unprecedented Chinese competition, Trump’s policies are simultaneously severely weakening the twin fundamentals of American—and by extension Western—global dominance: its economic exceptionalism and the transatlantic alliance. This is the kind of turmoil the West has been immune to, despite previous considerable crises, because the United States had managed to remain a stable stalwart on fundamentals for eight decades.

The US is the west’s Achilles’ heel, but not all is doomed

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Trump’s policies are undermining Western hegemony. To face the upcoming AI revolution, Europeans should aim to rebalance and leverage transatlantic cooperation

Europe’s lack of investment in military capabilities has contributed to US frustrations. Trump’s push for Greenland reflects Washington’s view that Denmark and Europe failed to take the island’s security seriously. Though the US-led NATO was given the main security responsibility, the EU’s reliance on soft power, such as prioritising climate change and regional cooperation, left the region vulnerable.

The Great Game for the Arctic

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 2, 2025

As Trump revives his push for Greenland and Russia expands its Arctic presence, has Europe underestimated the region’s strategic importance?

"Discussions are ongoing among Allies regarding The Hague Summit and I wouldn’t want to get ahead of any conversations taking place," a senior US official said, though they did not respond to Euractiv’s question on the US stance. "Regarding Ukraine, all Allies agree that the death and destruction must stop. President Trump wants to promote peace, and at his direction we are ready to provide the decisive leadership necessary to reach a sustainable resolution," they added.

US keeps NATO allies in the dark on Russia relations

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 2, 2025

“We don’t talk about it,” one source revealed

A common Western China strategy is further away than ever. This strengthens China’s geopolitical position, which also means that the likelihood of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan or a total blockade of Taiwan at sea and in the air becomes more probable.All in all, this means that Donald Trump’s foreign and security policy with regard to Ukraine and Europe as well as China is increasing the risk of war worldwide. It is not only Ukraine and Europe that will suffer, but also the United States itself.

Trump’s Two Grave Geostrategic Errors

By: EBR | Thursday, March 27, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine and European policy is increasing the risk of a major war in Europe

So how could a global debate be kick-started? It’s unlikely that governments in Europe or elsewhere will want to initiate anything official, yet might welcome progress towards a revised and strengthened international rule of law.

Trump’s antics open way to an EU-led global rulebook re-think

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 26, 2025

There’s little international consensus in these times of turmoil, but the one thing everyone seems agreed on is that the post-World War 2 rules-based global order is finished

The Europeans could also build a special visa program for highly-qualified researchers, scientists, and innovators whose research grants and programs are being dismantled by the Trump administration. Strengthening Europe’s STEM standing will be critical for its strategic viability. And this could be the first building block of a longer-term overhaul of migration policy, to be developed in common with the UK, Canada, and Norway.

In Trump’s world, Europeans need their own sphere of influence

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 19, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to power has marked the resurgence of dividing the world into spheres of influence, leaving Europe at risk of being sidelined. Europeans must assert their influence by taking a firm stance on Ukraine and investing in the informational space.

In addition, the Istanbul Airport has become a hub for Russians travelling to Europe since Western airlines have refused to fly to Russia since the start of the war. Turkey may also be supplying some sanctioned goods to Russia.

What If Turkey Wanted Crimea Back?

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Contrary to what Putin wants to make all of us believe, Russia’s claims to the Crimean Peninsula are historically brittle.

Perhaps counterintuitively, it is on the European continent that Erdoğan’s standing could improve the most. Having failed to play the mediating role he had aspired to in Ukraine in 2022 and Gaza since 2023, he has an opportunity to leverage Turkey’s military capabilities and geographical location to contribute to Europe’s stability.

Turkey in a Trump-and-Putin World

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 11, 2025

The disruptions to the world order caused by Russia and the new U.S. administration complicate Turkey’s balancing act between Moscow and the West

Over the weekend, however, the tide turned. In London, Zelenskyy was warmly welcomed by Starmer, King Charles, and EU leaders, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa. They pledged a “coalition of the willing” to support Ukraine.

Trump freezes military aid to Ukraine, but can Europe really step in?

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 5, 2025

After a week of diplomatic chaos, Trump has frozen all military aid to Ukraine. However, for all its promises of support, Europe cannot realistically replace US support

This dilemma may also push some of the most exposed EU member states to pursue nuclear proliferation as the ultimate security trump card in a world of spheres of influence and great power competition. That would be the final nail in the post–World War II order.

The Ticking Clock on Reinventing the Transatlantic Alliance

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 19, 2025

The Trump administration’s rhetoric and actions have placed transatlantic ties under unprecedented strain. Yet despite the tensions, Europe and the United States have an opportunity to reimagine their alliance and secure mutual benefits