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by Dr. Roubzeh Parsi
After the United States and the European Union have lifted economic sanctions on Iran, the country…
by Martina F. Ferracane
It was about time. Pre-internet rules on data protection were not fit for our new interconnected reality. The core institutions of the European Union have finally set in stone an agreement…
by Paul Rogers
Twelve years ago, George W Bush gave his “Mission Accomplished” speech from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, confident that the Saddam Hussein regime had been consigned to…
Ukraine’s Free Trade Agreement: How it Deepens the Rapprochement with EU and the Impasse with Russia
by Madalina Sisu Vicari
EU-Ukraine free trade agreement: a long and difficult implementation
The beginning of the 2016 will bring the entering into force of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) between Ukraine…
Ukraine decided to stop purchases of Russian gas on November 25, adding it will continue to transport Russian gas to European consumers in full accordance with existing contracts. Against this backdrop, Natural Gas Europe…
by Henrik Hallgren & Iryna Solonenko
The European Union (EU) is in the process of reassessing its interests and reprioritising its foreign policy objectives, towards its neighbours as well as globally. In November, the European Commission…
by Silvia Brugger
The European Commission recently released its vision for the global climate change agreement, which is due to be adopted in Paris in December. It is worth noting that the EU is the first…
by Judy Dempsey
Europe has to choose. The murder of 129 people during six separate terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13 is forcing governments across Europe to consider how to deal with the so-called Islamic…
by Brad Cabana
It has been just over a month since Russia took the military initiative in Syria. Along with fifty plus combat aircraft and helicopter gunships, Russian naval ships Moskva, Ladny, Pytlivy and Smetlivy…
DISCLAIMER: all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe
by Pepe Escobar
So what is the Obama administration really up to in Iran? What sort of strategic calculations have led to…