Let’s Tune In To The EU’s Periphery: Spain Still Dealing With Fascist Past
Spain continues to confront its fascist past. its latest effort to do so included the exhumation of the body of José Antonio Primo de Rivera from the Valley of Cuelgamuros.
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Security Watch: What Assessment of Macron’s Trip to China?
From 5 to 8 April 2023, the French President visited China. He spent the second day of his state visit in Beijing and two days in Canton, in the south of the country. His visit and comments have sparked controversy about EU-China relations.
Let’s Tune In To The EU’s Periphery: Malta Shirks Responsibility As Migrant Deaths Soar in Mediterranean Sea
Malta has used numerous methods including ones that can be classified as illegal to deter migrants. The European Union needs to step up and ensure that the responsibility for the migration crisis in the Mediterranean Sea does not fall only on a few member states.
The New Normal/La Nouvelle Normalité/新常態: The Anniversary of Russo-Ukrainian War: China’s Position Dilemma
China has released its position paper on the first anniversary of the Russo-Ukrainian War. However, the paper was received with mixed reviews. In this article, the author analyses the dilemma of China’s position and what China should do in the future to gain the support of more countries for its position.
(Analysis) The Return of Hard Geopolitics: Towards a New Era of EU-Japan Strategic Cooperation?
With increasing entanglements between Japan and the EU has there been a tipping point in EU-Japan strategic convergence?
SOTEU 2022: Expectations on the Roadmap to 2023
On the 14th of September, Ursula Von der Leyen spoke in front of the European Parliament to deliver 2022’s State of the Union speech. The President of the Commission was accompanied by the guest of honour for the evening, Mrs. Olona Zelenska. It has been 8 months since the beginning of the Ukrainian war, which has prompted an energy crisis, stark inflation and interruptions in supply-chains across Europe as a spillover effect, among other consequences.
(Analysis) Nuclear Energy Embraced & Shunned Simultaneously Within The EU
EU Member States either embrace or shun nuclear energy from their national energy policies as they strive to become energy independent.
(Analysis) Iraqi Kurdistan: the EU’s Next Major Energy Supplier?
Iraqi Kurdistan’s Prime Minister is convinced that his region can become one of Europe’s main energy suppliers in the near future.
This article takes an in depth look at the opportunities and challenges facing Iraqi Kurdistan’s plans of becoming a global energy exporter, in order to determine their feasability.
(Analysis) EU Candidate Status for Ukraine and Moldova: Political Signal or Geostrategic Move?
The article seeks to outline the key factors that impacted the EU’s decision to grant candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova. It touches on the issues of EU-Russia competition in the shared neighborhood and relations between the EU and the Associated Trio countries.
Weaponisnig Migration To Europe: Humanitarian Crisis or Hybrid Warfare ?
The threat of weaponized migration is sadly a reality that the European Union needs to face. This de-humanizing practice, which instrumentalizes humanitarian crisis and the struggle of innocent to gain strategic advantages, is a new way in which the conflict between Europe and Russia is being fought. As such, it is imperative to gain a comprehensive understanding of what the implications of such strategies are, and also to maintain fortitude in addressing them