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For over three decades, the European Union’s climate policy has been shaped by a simple conviction: the faster we replace fossil fuels with clean alternatives, the better our chances of stabilising...

The European Parliament Committee on Constitutional Affairs recently held a high-level symposium on the “Quest for the Rule of Law.” Legal scholars, academics, and practitioners gathered for an...

It is indisputable at this point that the US is disengaging from global leadership. While America’s retreat has so far been largely a choice – spearheaded by President Donald Trump’s “America...

Some 2,500 years ago, Confucius was reportedly asked what he would do first if granted absolute power. “I would rectify the names of things,” he replied. Changing the language used, he suggested,...

Populists love to hate bureaucracy. Alice Weidel, the leader of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland – now the country’s second-strongest party – says that clueless European Union...

In a world in turmoil, the European Union’s security agenda is as expansive as it is urgent. From building economic resilience to achieving rapid rearmament, progress on almost any of its components...

Last month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the first official foreign visit of the commission in her second term would be to India. On the same day, Marco Rubio held...

This year was always going to be important for the European Union, given the start of a new EU Commission mandate, a relatively new European Parliament, and a change at the helm of the European...

Europe’s view of China has evolved rapidly in recent decades. What began as a broad lack of knowledge about the country gave way to curiosity about its history and culture. China’s economic rise...

Last week, the World Leaders Climate Action Summit took place within the framework of the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. But the gathering attracted less...

Returning from their summer recess, European Union leaders have a packed agenda. At the top of the list are strengthening the bloc’s readiness for conflict and bolstering its economic...

Whenever Europeans return from their summer holidays, calls for a structural overhaul of the European Union are practically inevitable. This year will be no different, though the impetus for change...

June has been a busy month for Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a speech at Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he outlined his terms for peace negotiations with Ukraine and proposed...

Earlier this month, the European Union celebrated the 20th anniversary of its biggest-ever enlargement, which brought ten new members into the bloc. That event remains a potent reminder of the EU’s...

Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, and with European Parliament elections looming, the narrow passage earlier this month of the European Union’s Migrant and Asylum Pact has attracted relatively...

Once the “sick man of Europe,” Germany seems to be under the weather once again. That might be putting it mildly: much as it did in the late 1990s, Germany is staring down the barrel of...

It has been an eventful year, to put it mildly. In fact, the world has endured so much war, disruption, tension, and uncertainty that we are left to wonder whether the rules-based global order, which...

At this year’s upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, world leaders will, for the first time, officially take stock of global progress towards the goals set out in the...

The European Union had recognised the critical importance of Turkey as a bridgehead to the Middle East region. Yet the EU’s policy of engagement with Turkey has long been mostly on life...

If anyone had lingering doubts about the fractured state of global rule-making, they should now be dispelled. The just-concluded G20 summit in New Delhi attracted as much attention for who was not...