Europe’s Push to ‘Think Big Again’ Is Testing the Limits of Unity
The informal EU leaders’ summit at Alden Biesen was presented as a discussion about competitiveness. In practice, it laid bare a more uncomfortable truth:...
European Union’s Stage: From Crisis to Strategic Renewal
Right now, the European Union is in a position not unlike the Gran Teatro Cervantes in Tangier. Built in 1913 as a cultural landmark...
A Series of Unfortunate Events: Greenland in the Davos Spotlight
The article on “Europe’s Arctic Moment: Greenland, NATO, and the Strategic Imperative at Davos”, published two days ago on Substack and today in Modern...
Europe’s Arctic Moment: Greenland, NATO, and the Strategic Imperative at Davos
When Erik the Red named the land Greenland in the latter part of the 10th century, he realized a timeless truth about politics that...
Greenland on Bass Rock: Why Europe Must Abandon the Illusion of Arctic Togetherness
When Adam Nicolson, in his book The Seabirds Cry, described Bass Rock—the world’s largest gannet colony—he stripped nature of its comforting metaphors.
What appears, from...
Venezuela after Maduro: A Turning Point for the Global Order?
The US military intervention in Venezuela and the removal of President Nicolás Maduro have sent shockwaves at international level. President Trump administration has defended...
Reassessing the Use of Article 122 TFEU: A Legal and Political Misstep
I recall how, when I was still teaching EU law at ULB, I used to point to Article 122 TFEU with a certain pride...
Beyond NVIDIA’s Hype: Europe’s Role in Shaping AI for Humanity
“China will win the AI race against America,” says Jensen Huang, NVIDIA's chief. His words should be Europe's wake-up call. As the two superpowers...
The Architects of Intelligence: Vision, Ethics, and the Aha Moments that Shaped AI
2025. The air in the hall hummed with an unusual kind of anticipation—not the applause-and-lights kind, but rather the quiet, electric awareness that something...
EU-China Trade Strains Escalate: From Rare Earths and Chips to Agricultural Pressures
The landscape of global trade is shifting under mounting pressure between the European Commission (EC) and China. A cascade of developments involving rare earths,...