Europe

Germany’s economy is being throttled by a more competitive China that has usurped its previous manufacturing dominance in many industries. In response, Germany has doubled down on the China bet…

Despite the non-political positioning of its organizing body, the European Broadcasting Union, the Eurovision Song Contest plays an important role in shaping how the public imagines and understands ideas of…

In 2021, the European Union (EU) attempted to assert itself in the Indo-Pacific arena to increase its geopolitical relevance by releasing an ambitious and multifaceted Indo-Pacific Strategy. However, findings from…

The Trump administration’s abandonment of allies and embrace of Putin’s Russia has raised pressing questions about whether Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania can continue to rely on NATO for…

For more than three decades (1992-2022), Transnistria has defied geopolitical gravity. Historically, its survival has depended on a strategic relationship with Russia, which provided military, intelligence, political, economic,…

Football is one of the mirrors through which Spanish political polarization can be better understood. Despite the best efforts of political parties based in Madrid to construct a narrative that…

In this interview, Dr. Nedim Hogic shares his perspective on the structural causes and consequences of corruption and foreign influence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He emphasizes the need…

The presence of North Korean forces in Ukraine could reinforce Russian propaganda aimed at forcing Ukraine into an unfavorable ceasefire by adding to misperceptions that the war might be unwinnable.

The European Union faces a critical opportunity to reshape its defense strategy in response to shifting global dynamics and the potential for a more isolationist US administration. The…

An Interview with Dr. Othon Anastasakis, Senior Research Fellow at St Antony’s College and Director of the European Studies Centre and South East European Studies at Oxford University.