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Between dependence and deterrence: Recasting the transatlantic relationship

The Pentagon has it right: Mutual interest and common sense, not pseudo-intellectual exercises in civilizational splittism, ought to govern the U.S.’s relationship with Europe

Making the situation even more complicated are the structural challenges within the British economy. The National Health Service, social care, and hospitality sectors are heavily reliant on migrant workers, most of whom come from non-EU countries. Starmer’s push to tighten visa requirements for low-wage industries risks triggering labour shortages and undermining his drive for economic growth — a key pillar of his government’s success — pitting political promises against economic realities. Business leaders warn that without overseas staff, the UK’s fragile recovery could easily stumble.

Starmer’s international wins can’t hide his domestic migration headaches

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Despite international deals, the UK prime minister faces rising pressure from Reform UK, internal Labour critics, and voters demanding tougher border controls

Five decades ago, American Jews represented about 20% of Harvard undergraduates. Some critics claim that the decline in Jewish enrollment to 10% indicates a less welcoming attitude at Harvard. But in fact, the decrease reflects the dramatic changes in the racial composition of a class.Fifty years ago, the student body was about 80% white and 12% Black — with a small percentage of Asian Americans. The demographics have changed dramatically since then.

Trump escalates his war on the Ivy League

By: EBR | Monday, May 26, 2025

The Trump Administration has launched an assault on Ivy League universities in an unprecedented attack on academic freedom.

EU and the New World (Dis)Order

By: EBR | Thursday, May 22, 2025

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

Two members of the Brussels commission include age-related responsibilities in their portfolios – Croatia’s Dubravka Suica has demography as part of her Mediterranean overview, and Malta’s Glenn Micallef lists ‘intergenerational fairness’ along with youth activities and sport. Neither has the budget and a directorate-general to suggest determined EU policy initiatives are in the pipeline.

It’s time for an EU Action Plan to address the impact of Europe’s ageing

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 21, 2025

It’s risky to predict anything nowadays

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.

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

By: EBR | 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.

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

By: EBR | 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.

The Brief – Edi Rama, everybody’s friend

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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

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.

Pope Leo XIV: A True American Globalist

By: EBR | Monday, May 12, 2025

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

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.

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

By: EBR | 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.

They even beat Labour, who had just won a record breaking majority in a General Election in 2024, in a by-election to parliament. Analysts pointed to the party’s appeal among working-class Labour voters — a blend of old left-wing economic messaging, such as support for trade unions and reindustrialisation, combined with hard-right stances on immigration and “anti-woke” rhetoric.

The end of Left vs Right: Populism is redrawing Global Politics

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK success in the local elections highlights how identity, nationalism, and culture wars are replacing the traditional political divide

Whether Europeans are willing and able to compensate for Trump’s scrapping of US support remains to be seen. The EU’s €300bn Global Gateway strategy for 2021-27 aims chiefly at climate and energy projects, with health and education accounting for only 16 per cent. It’s hard to see the EU having either the cash or the political bandwidth to launch a yet more ambitious effort.

Trump’s axing of US aid hands the EU a global leadership role

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Donald Trump’s Blitzkrieg of chaos is eclipsing urgent problems that put the future of the planet, and perhaps mankind, at risk

As it turns out, Farage is also a great advocate of European proportional voting systems. Lately, he has even started extolling the benefits of European health insurance schemes to replace Britain’s taxpayer-funded National Health Service. The NHS was set up by Labour in 1948 and is now akin to a state religion for most Brits.

A Brexit-Damaged England Now Embraces Continental European Politics

By: EBR | Monday, May 5, 2025

Britain now looks more like most EU member states where four, five or more parties all lay claim to votes and posts in government at the national and local level

While countries like France, Italy, and the UK do possess blue water navies, they are dwarfed by their American counterpart. They will struggle to be everywhere all at once, as is required to secure global shipping. Consequently, Europe will have a fundamental problem breaking out of its “Permanent Suez” and securing minerals for its industrial supply chains.

Ukraine’s not so critical mineral deposits

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 23, 2025

As Trump pursues trade wars and the annexation of territories for natural resources, access to Ukraine’s minerals could strain transatlantic relations. Given Europe’s lack of resources and limited military power to secure supplies, even Ukraine’s modest wealth might be worth negotiating for

This moment is bigger than internal politics. It is a test of whether the Catholic Church can evolve with its flock, or retreat into old centres of power. Francis wore simple shoes, but his successor must be ready to walk a world stage with complexity, courage, and conviction. Especially challenging when international relations are becoming even more fragmented.

Who comes after Pope Francis? The Catholic Church faces a global power shift

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 23, 2025

As Europe’s influence fades, the next pope could come from the Global South, reshaping the future of Catholicism

The EU–UK defence pact promises stronger military planning, cyber defence collaboration, and intelligence sharing, all essential as global threats escalate. Instead, Brussels appears petty, fragmented, and unserious. Adversaries like Russia and China are surely watching with interest.

EU-UK Defence Pact snagged in a fishing net

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 16, 2025

How can Europe expect to be seen as a serious power when fish takes priority over closer defence ties with the UK?

Global policymakers find themselves in a situation where they must juggle several massive challenges from trade restrictions (real or contemplated) to rising public sector debt to the threats of climate change.Their decisions and policy paths, be they globally coordinated or not, will impact the world’s real economy.

Major economic upheavals: A brief economic history of the last 100 Years

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Looking into the future back from the 1920s, 1950s, 1970s and 2000s: What we have to expect from a world hobbling from stagflation to deflation

In his article, he stated that his priority was to keep calm and fight for the best deal. In contrast, the Commission President took a more aggressive stance in her initial statement, saying she was already working on countermeasures. This further fuelled fears of a trade war between the two blocs and, of course, scared the markets even more.

The Trump tariffs: A tale of two leaders

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 8, 2025

As Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs shock the global economy and financial markets crash, is Starmer’s more careful and practical approach proving more effective than von der Leyen’s more aggressive stance?

Under a relatively optimistic scenario — a global temperature rise of only 1.5° C, populations aging in a healthy manner and significant improvements in information and communications technologies (ICT) production capacity — the projected increase in poverty by 2040 is 199.8 million people — or 6.5% of the total population in the Asia-Pacific region.

How and why poverty may increase in Asia

By: EBR | Friday, April 4, 2025

Urgent measures are needed to tackle the negative effects of climate change, aging populations and digitalization

For France, that could mean clarifying its vital interests and going beyond presidential speeches that require explaining to be correctly understood by allies—but without sharing nuclear decisionmaking or stationing warheads abroad. Those are currently a no-go for Paris. Conventional forces, missile defense, and deep precision strikes must also be part of the equation. Instead of obsessing over warhead numbers, why not start by reinforcing French deployments on NATO’s Eastern flank?

Taking the pulse: Can Europeans build their independent extended nuclear deterrent?

By: EBR | Thursday, April 3, 2025

Confronted with a U.S. disengagement and the Russian threat, Europeans are reconsidering their stance on nuclear deterrence. Given the capabilities of the French and British arsenals, can Europe develop an independent nuclear deterrent?

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