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The covid-19 crisis has put European cohesion to the test. In Spring 2020, EU member states went their own ways by closing borders, keeping their medical equipment for themselves and not coordinating enough with their European counterparts. Since then, there has Mehr
The European Green Deal will not only profoundly transform the economy but will also have deep geopolitical repercussions. It will affect geopolitics through its impact on the EU energy balance and global markets; on oil and gas-producing countries in the Mehr
The international community was unprepared for the conflicts that followed the dissolution of Yugoslavia. In particular, it neglected Bosnia. Europe was not enough to bring peace, the US was slow but eventually decisive, and Russia was a constructive actor. The war in Bosnia lasted years longer Mehr
. North African countries such as Morocco and Tunisia can help Europe meet its carbon emissions targets and strengthen its position in the face of fierce competition from China for economic and political influence. By encouraging European investment in renewable Mehr
Artificial intelligence is a rapidly advancing field that policymakers everywhere are struggling to keep up with. Calls for international, and particularly transatlantic cooperation are growing. In Europe, interest in strengthening “ethical” AI policy is particularly strong – including as a way Mehr
A month-long war in Ethiopia has killed thousands of people, sent refugees into Sudan, and stirred rivalries among Ethiopia’s ethnic groups. The proximate cause of the conflict is a tit-for-tat escalatory cycle between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Tigrayan Mehr
Today the European Council on Foreign Relations published a statement signed by 30 of its Council members, among them former prime ministers, calling on European governments to offer an action plan for a transatlantic bargain to the US and its Mehr
A one-state reality of open-ended occupation and unequal rights continues to take hold in the Israel-Palestine conflict. This deteriorating trajectory is storing up deeper conflict on the ground, posing ever greater challenges to the EU’s vision for its near neighbourhood and relations with Israel, and storing up future Mehr
By October 2020, countries in the Western Balkans had some of Europe’s highest levels of covid-19 cases per capita. Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina were among the 15 most-affected states on the continent. The crisis has accentuated the countries’ existing vulnerabilities Mehr
A new report, authored by Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro, calls on EU leaders to strengthen Europe’s resilience in the face of increasing geo-political competition. A variety of states including Russia, China, and even at times the United States are Mehr