by O. Krumme Garcia
A bit more than two weeks ago, the German Parliament has approved, by a big majority, to deploy army troops and fighter jets for reconnaissance flights to Syria, to fight alongside…
by Alastair Newton & Robyn Nagioff
On 30 November, representatives of 196 nations, plus innumerable international organisations and other ‘interested parties’, will assemble in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Confer-ence/21st Session of…
by Vincenzo Scarpetta
A new poll shows that, despite winning over 40% of the vote in the first round of the French regional elections, Front National leader Marine Le Pen and her niece Marion Maréchal-Le…
Ukraine decided to stop purchases of Russian gas on November 25, adding it will continue to transport Russian gas to European consumers in full accordance with existing contracts. Against this backdrop, Natural Gas Europe…
by Eren Alp
Turkey is the kind of country that can give even the most experienced and intuitive political analyst a headache. Its dynamism and political volatility can defy analysis. Staying true to this, last…
by Henrik Hallgren & Iryna Solonenko
The European Union (EU) is in the process of reassessing its interests and reprioritising its foreign policy objectives, towards its neighbours as well as globally. In November, the European Commission…
by Marco Giuli
Back in the autumn of 2014, the deal between Russia and Turkey on the Turkish Stream pipeline was expected to start a period of close energy cooperation between the two countries, potentially able…
by Vincenzo Scarpetta
In an op-ed for The Daily Telegraph, our policy analyst Vincenzo Scarpetta looks at Front National's historic result in the first round of the French regional elections. He argues that the rather impressive…
by Fabian Zuleeg
Given the potential impact on the EU, the UK‘s in/out referendum and the associated reform agenda should be high up the Brussels agenda. But, curiously, so far there has been little obvious activity…
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…