This article was first published in the Times of Malta It’s the same old story. If you drop a frog in hot water, it immediately…
This article was first published in the Times of Malta It’s the same old story. If you drop a frog in hot water, it immediately…
By Renaud Girard in Beirut Since the start of the decade, the movement known as the ‘Arab Spring’ has represented a clash between two ideologies,…
Spain is facing a triple crisis that would overwhelm considerably more stable political systems. First, there is a deep unsolved economic and social crisis that…
The Iranian population is out of luck. In the presidential elections of 2013, then those of 2017, they had declared themselves ready for the opening…
The beginning of November witnessed two annual commemorations in the UK. As ever, “remember, remember the 5th of November” gave rise to bonfires and fireworks…
On landing on French soil Friday, November 9, 2018, Donald Trump tweeted little for his host: “French President Macron has just suggested that Europe develops…
Too often, Europeans are unable to express themselves clearly on the strategic issues that are of primary concern. Towards China, the European powers have, for…
SUMMARY • In this issue we argue that to understand the dynamics of the current trade conflict, we need to look at it through a…
As starkly shown during the latest G7 meeting in Quebec, we are entering a perilous period where conflict around international trade risks splitting the Western…
On 3 August, at the Kasumbalesa border crossing between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC, former Zaire), an incident occurred. It was non-violent…
On July 27, the White House said that President Trump would receive President Putin in Washington early in 2019, and that Trump would later travel…
This article first appeared on the Friends of Europe web site.