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 …
EU Commission gave a green light to Ukraine and Moldova for EU candidate status ahead of the Brussels summit next week. President Zelenskyy tweeted “the 1st step on the EU membership path that’ll certainly bring our Victory closer” Membership candidate status is the beginning of the long accession process to the bloc followed by accessions …
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 …