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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The rise of China is one of the fundamental challenges for both the US-EU. Although no longer aiming for decoupling as under the Trump administration, the US under President Joe Biden still sees itself in ‘strategic competition’ with China, while the European Commission has identified China as a ‘systemic rival’. However, differences remain between Europe and …
John Springford published a policy brief that provides doppelgänger estimates for the impact of Brexit – and the pandemic – on Britain’s GDP, on gross fixed capital formation (GFCF, a broad measure of investment across the economy), on services trade and on goods trade, for the last quarter of 2021 Following statement he provided at the beginning of …
Seventh Commission of the European Union, von der Leyen Commission took office on 1 December 2019, two years and half ago. In the middle of its term, the paper published by EPC analyzes six main priorities that was put before Commission and tries to answer the questions such as: How have the pandemic and the …
73 years ago, when Chinese leader Mao Zedong visited Moscow for a business, Stalin put him in a humiliated position, made him wait for weeks and finally gave him a business deal which was far from the one that would be favorably for Beijing 73 years later, following the sanctions and impeding oil embargo from …
The richest man of the world is playing a crucial role in Ukrainian front. In the ground, all communications, from artillery strikes to Zoom calls, are being built with the help of Starlink satellites flying over Ukraine as low as 130 miles SpaceX aims to launch more than 40.000 satellites in low Earth orbit to …