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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a high-level meeting at the White House, Monday, August 18, 2025, in the Oval Office. Photo: Daniel Torok / The White House / Flickr.
Commentary

Digital Sovereignty: France and Germany Spearhead New Avenue for European Independence from US

On 18 November 2025, German and French policymakers, representatives of civil society, and academics came together in Berlin for the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty. Some topics, like that the AI bubble that could ...
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Participation of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the Brussels European Council. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, on the left, and Ursula von der Leyen. Photo: © European Union, 2025, on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Commentary

By Delaying a Decision on Using Russia’s Frozen Assets for Ukraine, Europe is Quietly Hedging its Bets

As Russia continues its grinding offensive and Ukraine braces for another winter of war, the European Union remains paralysed over a seemingly straightforward decision: whether ...
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Interviews

“I Think, Whenever Ukraine Wins, There Will be No Putin Regime.” – An Interview with the Leader of The Georgian Legion

Mamuka Mamulashvili is a Georgian soldier and the commander of the Georgian Legion. Influenced by his father, a military general, he began fighting Russians at ...
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AI Woman
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The AI Divide: Can the West Foster a Fair and Democratic Process for AI Governance?

This story by Abdallah Abdallah originally appeared on Global Voices on November 7, 2025. Benefits and opportunities must be more equally distributed in today’s digital ...
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Evelyn N. Farkas
Interviews

“It’s a Very Dangerous Idea if NATO Might not Unite and Defend itself, Even in the Case of Hungary.” – An Interview with Evelyn N. Fakras

“This current Trump administration is different from the previous one and any other presidential administration in that there’s a great deal of uncertainty,” says Evelyn ...
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth finishes the installation of a Department of War plaque at the River Entrance in front of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, 2025. Photo: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt Madelyn Keech / U.S. Secretary of War / Flickr.
Commentary

A Department of War and a Peace President: A New American Exceptionalism 

Language is powerful, especially in politics. This is what US President Donald Trump counted on when deciding to rename the Department of Defense to the ...
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Csongor Balázs Veress
Interviews

“Moscow Considers the Lack of Unity of the European Union’s Migration Policy to be the EU’s Achilles Heel”— An Interview with Csongor Balázs Veress

How does hybrid warfare differ from conventional warfare? What moral and legal dilemmas does the weaponization of migration raise? How does weaponized migration fit into ...
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07.11.2025 – Fotografia oficial da Cúpula do Clima (COP30). Photo: Ricardo Stuckert / PR / Lula Oficial / Flickr.
Commentary

How Climate Change Now Affects Major Policy Sectors

Nations have come together once again, this time in Belém, Brazil, to discuss climate goals to avert the devastation of climate change at COP30. But ...
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends the G20 Summit in Brazil. Photo: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street / Flickr.
Commentary

Sacrificing Security for Economic Gain: UK-China Relations in the Post-Brexit Era

In the United Kingdom, the recent prosecution of former parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash and academic Christopher Berry, who appeared in court to answer allegations of ...
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Lanterns in Chinatown London. (Photo by Markos Tsoukalas on Unsplash)
Commentary

China’s International Activity: Silence is Golden… And Poses Risks

Many a commentator have been criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump for his way of working in high politics and diplomacy. His candid and direct – ...
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