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Throwing more money to combat regional ‘desertification’ may not be the answer. Research in Germany challenges the effectiveness of development finance, arguing that each euro spent through the EU’s cohesion policies generates little more than an additional euro in economic growth.

Neglecting its poorest regions risks being a fatal EU mistake

Giles Merritt warns against halving cohesion funds in the new MFF when hard-hit rural regions flock to support the populists’ disruptive messages

As Russia is not legally entitled to the interest generated on the assets, Europe began transferring approximately $6 billion in windfall profits to Ukraine in 2024. The G7 devised a further $50 billion Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) loan based on the expected future value of earned interest.

Time for Europe to Break the Bank on Ukraine

With U.S. aid largely discontinued, European leaders have no choice but to unlock Russia’s sovereign assets in order to keep Ukraine afloat. Only a long-term military and financial commitment can help Kyiv prevail.

Out on the waves, where freedom of navigation is a golden rule, the ability and appetite of coastal countries to intervene is limited, even though the risk they face is escalating.

On the front line of Europe’s standoff with Russia’s sanction-busting shadow fleet

Out on the western Baltic, a coastguard officer radios a nearby, sanctioned oil tanker. "Swedish Coastguard calling… Do you consent to answer a few questions for us? Over."

The Bataclan attackers were young men of mainly North African origin, recruited in Belgium and France, trained in IS territory in the Middle East, who then returned to Europe hidden among a vast flow of migrants.

France remembers Bataclan attacks but knows enemy has not gone away

Just as France marks the 10th anniversary of the Bataclan massacres, another reminder has come of the permanence of the jihadist threat.

Turkey’s willingness to open the border and normalize relations, is key to breaking Armenia free of its current geopolitical bonds. But Ankara still moves cautiously toward this, out of deference to its ally Azerbaijan—even though most analysts, inside and outside the country, argue that it is in Turkey’s strategic interests to act now, while the opportunity is there and Russia is still distracted in Ukraine.

Armenia’s Election Is a Foreign Affair

As the 2026 Armenian election approaches, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is facing fierce opposition from both Russia and the diaspora. He will need the help of Europe, the United States, and regional neighbours to advance his ambitious foreign policy.

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