by Ben McPherson
With the United States adding one of Gazprom's biggest gas fields to its Russian sanctions blacklist, the Russian gas giant’s woes have been aggravated. The future of its numerous global pipeline projects could…
by Marco Giuli
In July 2015 the European Commission, together with the High Representative (HRVP), presented the EU Energy Diplomacy Action Plan. This will be an integral part of the EU’s efforts to build…
by Yves Pascouau
The October European Council meeting took place after an unprecedented sequence of actions, with the Luxembourgish Presidency, the European Commission and the Council adopting and proposing a series of legislative and operational measures…
by Roland Freudenstein
Now that the wrangling about quotas for refugees among the member states of the Union is over (for the time being), and Europe is more focused on regaining control of our external borders,…
by Pieter Cleppe
It would be unfair to criticize the European Union for its handling of the biggest refugee and migration crisis since the second World War, if the EU wasn’t making it all even…
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by Christos Mouzeviris
A few days ago, a drowned child’s picture on the coast of Turkey, became the tragic poster of the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. The three year old Aylan Kurdi’s washed up…
by Erielle Delzer
Following Russia’s rotation into the monthly presidency position at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on September 1st, where Russia’s main stated goal is to counter international terrorism, President Vladimir Putin has announced that…
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by Alexandre Barray
As many European countries are facing increasing numbers of refugees and asylum seekers, tensions are increasing in Europe. The European Commission revealed in a public opinion analysis released in July…
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by Madalina Sisu Vicari & Azime Telli ( PhD, Lecturer at Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey)
Iran's agreement with P+5 (the five…
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by Madalina Sisu Vicari
In the last years, building the external dimension of EU’s energy policy has been one of the Union’s important and manifested aims. The issue was designated by the European Commission…