Europe

In an interview with GJIA, Portugal’s Ambassador to the United States, Francisco Duarte Lopes, discusses the success of the Portuguese economy, the country’s energy and digital transformations, and…

In this interview, Teresa Coratella, Deputy Head of the Rome office at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), discusses the current state of US-Italian relations. She explores…

This dialogue with Lukas Kantor explores the secretive trans-Atlantic Bilderberg Group. Kantor explains the purpose of the Bilderberg Meetings for Western geopolitical cooperation and argues that Bilderberg membership can be…

Although beloved by billions around the globe, mega-events like the Olympic Games have a history of damaging the cities and societies that host them. Recent reforms by the International Olympic…

Moving forward, the NATO-Russia relationship will be characterized by deterrence in both the nuclear and conventional domains. NATO should focus on stabilizing its relationship with Russia by enhancing the credibility…

The Romani “tradition” of early marriage is not just a quaint custom. Human rights activists emphasize that it is a cover for a profound issue of segregation and discrimination against…

Currently, in a US election year, immigration has once again become a hot-button political issue. Candidates must contend with political claims that immigrants are taking Americans’ jobs and disrupting…

The specter of transatlantic disunity has returned. The formidable success of the US and its allies in achieving unity and cohesion in the aftermath of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine…

As irregular migration numbers once again soar to historic levels, Europe’s migration challenges remain a difficult challenge to surmount. After years of infighting and foot-dragging, an agreement on a long-stalled…

Addressing plastic pollution represents an extremely complex and multi-faceted governance problem, demanding a range of novel regulatory approaches. The broad utility, environmental persistence, wide-ranging harmful impacts, and global supply chain…