A politically diverse group of senior MEPs criticized, in a panel debate held yesterday, the European Union’s current policy on Iran. On the eve of Human Rights Day, they called for a new approach…
As Saudi Arabia asserts itself in unprecedented fashion in its regional struggle with Iran, speculation abounds that Riyadh is acting in concert with the United States and Israel to change the balance of power in the…
L awyers may seem an unlikely bunch to go on strike, especially in Russia. Yet, in September and October, lawyers’ associations in several Russian regions (Sverdlovsk, in the Urals, Chelyabinsk, near Kazakhstan, and Karelia,…
[dropcap size=small]M agic bullets, hypodermic needles and the media. It’s an odd mix, but it can help to explain why at least some people simply believe whatever they are told.
According to the magic…
T oday being pro-trade and defending globalisation seem to be out of fashion. After Trump crushed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP), and put the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) under his hammer, it does seem…
S ince 2015, the European Union (EU) has been discussing the idea of creating a European Security and Defence Union (ESDU).
Although details are scarce, this means deepening cooperation between EU member states in…
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S ince it took power in 1979, the Iranian regime has been seeking relentlessly to impose its Shiite ideology…
[dropcap size=small]F or thousands of homeless people across Belgium and Brussels winter represents a difficult moment of the year.
They do not have any accommodation and have no other choice but to sleep outside…
P resident Macron in his sweeping vision of the Future of Europe (delivered on the 26th of September) correctly identifies the centrality of the Euro to the long term economic power of Europe.
Through…