From Trump echoes to troop talk: What are the foreign policy plans of the Romanian presidential candidates?
On May 4, Romanian citizens will go to the polls to elect their president after the elections held in November 2024 were annulled by...
Ukraine’s Recovery, America’s Reach
Before Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine’s journey toward European Union integration and Western economic alignment remained fragmented and incomplete. Although the post-2014 Maidan...
Why is demographic renewal taboo in Europe? The Single Biggest Threat to Europe’s Security
Post Scriptum, 20 years’ after
Marking exactly 20 years since the author’s proposal to the OSCE to form a Working Group on Demographic Renewal in...
The Eastern Mediterranean is threatened by Turkish aggression
Turkey’s increasingly assertive and destabilizing foreign policy plays a major role in the Eastern Mediterranean, posing significant threats to neighboring countries as well as...
From TSMC’s Overseas Factory Profits and Losses, Assessing Opportunities in Europe
According to the information provided by TSMC's Corporate Presentation Committee, only the China facility is generating significant profits, while operations in Japan, the United...
Why the Armenia–Azerbaijan Peace Deal May Never Materialize Without a U.S. Push
A few weeks ago, the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan announced they had finalized the text of a long-anticipated peace treaty, ostensibly ending decades...
French Hijab Ban in Sport Hinders Religious Freedom
France has complicated relations with religious clothing, believing that it infringes on secularism, its fundamental value. In 2004, the country banned the wearing of...
The drums of war are beating closer to Europe
Russia’s deadly attack on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy, which killed at least 34 people, is yet another war crime and a challenge to...
Understanding Revolutionary Conservatism: the case of the AfD in the 2025 German elections
On March 6, 1932, Ulrich Kersten published an article, “Why the youth of Germany demands political change,” in the New York Times, addressing the...
Reforging Armenia: Crossroads to Clout
Armenia’s rugged terrain at the South Caucasus nexus — bridging Europe, Asia, and the Middle East — teeters between peril and promise. It straddles...