I n the past two decades, the Eastern neighbourhood has been one of the EU’s key foreign policy priorities.[1] With the enlargement waves of 2004 and 2007 in Central and Eastern Europe, the EU…
T he Russian government’s response to COVID-19 has been one of contradictions and confusion. Yet to announce a nation-wide lockdown, President Vladimir Putin has shifted responsibility, delegated decision making and averted public attention away…
T he European Union and China have developed diplomatic relations since 1975 and sealed their economic ties in 1985 with the signing of the EC-China Trade and Cooperation Agreement[1]. From the 1990s, the two…
A s part of our Monday Talks series supported by Science 14, we have talked to H.E Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. The issues discussed included, inter alia, #COVID19, diplomacy, future…
T he COVID-19 outbreak has spread relentlessly across the globe in the past few months. It has brought unprecedented challenges to healthcare systems in almost every country in the world, but it also has…
Introduction
EUTM Mali is the military pillar of the EUs strategy in Mali, launched in 2013 in order to “strengthen the capabilities of the Malian Armed forces” (EUTM Mali, 2019) as a reaction to…
A s part of our Vocal Cast series supported by Science 14, we have talked to Henri Malosse, former President of European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Honorary Chairman of Vocal Europe. Among many…
F or the past year, Israel has been facing a political deadlock, as parties failed to form a lasting coalition. During the March 2020 parliamentary elections, the third in less than a year, Israeli…
M ore than eight years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya remains highly unstable, with major powers manoeuvring for influence in the region. Libya is today divided between the Libyan National Army (LNA)…
M ore than four years have passed since the armed conflict between the Ukrainian army and the pro-Russian rebels began in the east of Ukraine, and especially in the Donbass region. A tangible truce…