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By István Vass

The Kinahan Cartel: 1,5 Billion-Euro Crime Organization with Ties to Hezbollah

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Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Spain meets Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, 2023. Photo source: Lauri Heikkinen, valtioneuvoston kanslia / FinnishGovernment / Flickr, CC BY 2.0

A Divided NATO: Spain’s Defiance Deepens Transatlantic Rift

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Presentation of the programme of activities of the Hungarian Presidency Photo: European Union 2024 - Alain Rolland

Getting the Check After the Party: Peter Magyar and Hungary’s EU Funds

Cargo Ship in Harbor in Hamburg in Germany. Photo source: Wolfgang Weiser / Pexels, Public Domain.

Why Europe’s ‘Open’ Economy of Innovation is Exposed to Global Trade Shifts

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Trump’s War Language is Aggressive and Extreme. It Also Offers Some Insight into his Thinking

Hungarian Parliament in Budapest. Photo source: Ivan Rohovchenko / Pexels.

Hungary’s Elections: A Playground for International Powerplay 

CDU Party President Friedrich Merz in 2024 (Photo: Steffen Prößdorf / Wikimedia Commons)

The Return of German Power in Europe

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New Wave of Hybrid Attacks in Europe: Possible Links to Iran

Opposition benches during the formal vote on the law opening marriage to same-sex couples – National Assembly in 2013. Photo source: Ericwaltr / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

French Local Elections: Political Scientist on What’s Next for the Hard Right and Radical Left