The Geopolitics of Vaccine Diplomacy: EU Vaccine-Sharing with EaP Countries...
The EU should share corona-vaccines with former Soviet countries on its eastern flank, according to 13 foreign ministers from member states in the region. “We believe that our borders will not be safe...
View ArticleUnited Against Russia: Escalation in Tit-For-Tat Expulsions of EU and Russian...
Even the European Union’s most Russia-friendly leader, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, has voiced solidarity with the Czechs, as fallout continues over a Russian bomb attack in the Central...
View ArticleWorld Press Freedom Day: Brussels Calls for a Law to Protect Europe’s...
Better tools at European Union’s disposal are needed to protect media freedom as a “pillar of democracy” rather than just a player in the national economy, EU Commission Vice-President V?ra Jourová...
View ArticleVaccine Diplomacy: Soft Power Lessons From China and Russia?
The rocky start to the European Union’s vaccination rollout has allowed Moscow and Beijing to score political points in the Balkans and Central and Eastern Europe. As COVID-19 continues to rage...
View ArticleChina’s Soft Power in Europe: Falling on Hard Times
Chinese soft power in Europe – defined as the ability to influence preferences through attraction or persuasion – has seen better days, an analysis by experts from 17 countries from across the...
View ArticleIstanbul Convention: Women, MEPs Decry Turkey Quitting Violence-on-Women Treaty
European leaders have denounced what they called Turkey’s baffling and concerning decision to pull out of the Istanbul Convention – an international accord designed to protect women from violence – and...
View ArticleTranscending Notions of ‘Us and Them’: Towards a Recalibration of EU-Morocco...
In recent years, the European Union’s relationship with several neighboring countries, particularly in the North Africa and the Middle East (MENA) region, seems to have gradually shifted from harmony...
View ArticleEU’s Ukraine ‘Disgrace’: Russian Assault Continues as West Supplies Weapons...
The Ukrainian people deserve EU membership, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a defiant and emotional address on Saturday (26 February), as at least 150,000 citizens of the country undergoing a...
View ArticleRussia’s War in Ukraine: US, EU Allies Pledge Arms for Kyiv, as Finland,...
Russian forces have continued their new offensive in the east of Ukraine, assaulting cities and towns along a front hundreds of kilometers long, in what could be a potentially pivotal battle for...
View ArticleIn Quest of Russian Gas Exit: EU’s Proposed Phased Embargo at Risk of Being...
The European Union plans to end Russian gas imports by “the end of the decade,” EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson told MEPs during a plenary debate in Strasbourg on Tuesday (3 May), referring to the...
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