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“I Think it will be Difficult to get Putin to Sit Down at the Negotiating Table” – An Interview with Anton Bendarjevskiy

The Russian rouble dropped to 110 against the US dollar on November 27, its lowest level since the start of the war in Ukraine. Many ...

Valerie Huber (Photo: The Institute for Women's Health)

Interviews

An Interview with Valerie Huber, Former Policy Advisor to the Previous Trump Administration

“I am encouraged by the first statement Donald Trump made on election night: promises made. Promises kept,” says Valeria Huber, founder and president of the ...

Syrians celebrate the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad near the Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo on Monday (Photo: AP / Free Malaysia Today)

Longreads

Stabilizing Syria Will be a Major Challenge

This article was originally published by The Conversation on December 8, 2024 The brutal 54-year reign of the Assad family in Syria looks to be ...

Commentary

The Long Road to Saving South Korean Democracy

Just over a week ago, late on the night of 3 December, the most unexpected political act in the Republic of Korea took place. South ...

EIB Group’s headquarters in Luxembourg (Photo: Caroline Martin)

Commentary

The European Identity as a Project

As the new European Commissioners take their places, the EU faces pressing challenges like the war in Ukraine and the transition from relying on Russian ...

Longreads

Calin Georgescu, a TikTok Politician with a Far-Right Twist

Update: On Friday, December 6, the Romanian Constitutional Court canceled the results of the first round of votes and announced entirely new elections will be ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer poses for the family photograph as he attends the European Political Community Summit (Photo by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street)

Commentary

The European Political Community After Budapest

On the basis of the mere number of participants (42 of the 47 invited Heads of State or Government were present), the European Political Community ...

Marco Rubio (Photo: Michael Vadon / Wikimedia Commons)

Commentary

Marco Rubio: Trump’s Foreign Policy Pick Might be a Hopeful Sign for NATO

Almost all of Donald Trump’s nominees for critical positions within his presidential administration have been non-traditional. Fox News presenter Pete Hegseth was just named as ...