Resignations of his ministers one after another led the PM to resign today, on 7 July. The PM who brought the biggest election victory since 1987 to the Conservative Party in less than three years ago did not want to give up easily as he explained it as his “duty and responsibility”. Nevertheless, during his …

The article defines the term kleptocracy, in what ways it is related to Russia and so on. As it is stated in the article: Most explanations of kleptocracy – derived from the Greek for ‘thief’ and ‘rule’ – stress the aspect of ‘grand corruption’ whereby high-level political power is abused to enable a network of ruling elites …

The Madrid Summit was fruitful for the NATO as it invited two Nordic countries to join the alliance. Turkey signed 10-point deal with Finland and Sweden lifting embargoes on Ankara. Arguably the most sensitive point is the point number 8 which includes “to address Türkiye’s pending deportation or extradition requests of terror suspects expeditiously and …

B3W – The Build Back Better World, the partnership that was launched in last year at the G7 Leaders’ Summit aims to mobilize a response to the global challenges in the wake of post-Covid-19 economic recovery. The increased influence of China on developing countries and the global infrastructure gap have also been the targets of …

Recently Roe v Wade has been overturned by the Supreme Court of the US. It is the case that made the legalization of abortion possible in the US after the decision back in 1973. Even though the majority of Americans including the president himself oppose the decision, several states rallied to ban the abortion No …

The last summit of the European Union held on 23-24 June in Brussels has been tremendously historical. European leaders decided to give EU candidate status to two east European countries one of which is actively in war: Ukraine and Moldova. Applications have been submitted following the war broke out in the Donbas region of eastern …

Jamie Patrick Shea served in the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges and other positions at NATO and now he is a professor of strategy and security at the University of Exeter. He is a frequent speaker and panellist on NATO and European security issues In this article he shares his …

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former richest man in Russia, called Putin “a bandit” calling out European leaders, notably Macron, Scholz or Michel, not to try to negotiate with him. Khodorkovsky said: The leaders of the major European countries still believe they can negotiate something with Putin without demonstrating their force and that they can talk to …

EU sovereignty “is about boosting the European Union’s capacity to manage the complex interdependencies” argues the article “Europe needs to act according to its principles and values without being bullied by others. This requires both greater capabilities of its own and reliable alliances; openness and resilience; and some strategic protections but without drifting towards protectionism” …

Suwałki Gap, an area named after Polish town of Suwałki located between Poland and Lithuania, became the most militarily strategic area after Baltic states and Poland had joined the NATO following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Sparsely populated area is the only land corridor (approximately 100 km) between Putin influenced Belarus and Russian exclave …