Instability is growing, Putin’s hybrid war in Europe is heating up, and for fear of escalation we have encouraged global ...

Friedrich Merz is likely to be the next chancellor of Germany. But the CDU leader will usher in a generational shift, moving ...

The EU can work with existing regional integration mechanisms in the Western Balkans to help cut carbon emissions through ...

Chad and Senegal recently announced the end of their historic defence agreements with France. Now France should hand over its ...

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To effectively transition to a low-carbon economy while bolstering energy security and economic stability, Poland is betting ...

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Friedrich Merz’s long and winding journey towards the German chancellery is a tale of the federal republic’s past and present. Marinated in the determinedly pro-European, pro-Western politics of ...

Surging global demand for critical raw materials has strengthened the bargaining power of resource-rich African countries. They are introducing new local content obligations for foreign mining ...

US president-elect Donald Trump has vowed to bring peace to the Middle East. But his return to the White House is likely to bring Gaza only more death and destruction. He is already showering Israel ...

How times have changed. On 25 November, the European Union added three Syrian ministers from the Assad regime to its sanctions listings. A matter of days later, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was ...