by Sijbren de Jong , Karlijn Jans , Willem Oosterveld
With its recent intervention in Syria, many claim that Russia scored yet another geopolitical coup. With the war in Ukraine stalling and Crimea firmly in…
by Nasim Ahmed
I was probably not alone in wanting to be surprised by British Prime Minister David Cameron as he made the case for air strikes against Daesh/ISIS in Syria to a packed parliament on…
by SIJBREN DE JONG, JAN WOUTERS
On November 18, Maroš Šefčovič, the European commissioner for energy union, delivered the first ever State of the Energy Union speech, designed to become an annual moment of reflection on…
by Pieter Cleppe
Denmark will this week hold a referendum on whether to replace its full opt-out from EU justice and home affairs cooperation with a UK-style 'opt-in' model. Open Europe's Pieter Cleppe looks at…
by Brad Cabana
The more tensions escalate in Syria, the clearer the picture there becomes. This week those tensions escalated dramatically with the downing of a Russian SU-24 bomber, by Turkish F16s, near the border…
by Robert Heslop
The EU has signed a historic deal with Turkey. In exchange for 3 billion Euros of financial aid, visa free travel for Turkish citizens in the EU and the presumption of EU…