With sanctions allowing Russia to increase its influence in Belarus, the EU may need to adopt a more sophisticated, step-by-step approach to this small European country.
As globalization marches on and Europe grows dependent on bringing in young, mobile, and educated people, the EU’s strategy should be focused on making Schengen more flexible.
The discovery that NATO’s top commander had been the target of a fake Facebook profile highlights the need for NATO to reconcile its obsession with security and its need to communicate to a wider public.
The renewal of talks on Iran’s nuclear program is about buying time. The big question is who needs breathing space the most.
The political space is slowly opening in Russia and now is the time for Germany and others to use it.
Consumer awareness and the flow of information in the globalized economy could help shape a Europe-wide rare earth strategy that could have a positive impact on authoritarian regimes.
As long as politicians remain complacent about the moral and political problems caused by arms exports, Europe’s companies will simply carry on with business.
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