Switzerland Voted to Keep Neutrality Flexible. Its Role as a Mediator Has Already Moved On
A Landslide, and an Empty Resort
On Sunday, Swiss voters rejected the “Safeguard Swiss Neutrality” initiative by 70.2% to 29.8%. Not a single canton voted...
Germany under Chancellor Friedrich Merz amid State Elections
The Rise of the AfD and the Political Fragmentation Reflected in the Vote
The election in Saxony-Anhalt on 6 September marked the first sign of...
The Middle Corridor’s Real Winners Aren’t Armenia and Azerbaijan
On September 10, 2026, US Congressman Abraham Hamadeh told reporters an Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty would arrive “a lot sooner rather than later.” Eighteen months...
Blue Waterways: Reconnecting Europe Through Its Rivers
Europe has spent decades building connectivity on land. High-speed railways, motorways, bridges, tunnels, ports and logistics hubs have transformed the continent into one of...
Africa-EU Relations in a Shifting World Order: How Emerging Powers Are Reshaping Economic Ties
With the current geopolitical shifts and the emergence of a multipolar world, political, economic, and diplomatic relations between countries are changing. Through BRICS and...
Germany’s Zeitenwende: The Turning Point Before 2029
On February 27, 2022, three days into a war nobody in Berlin had planned for, Olaf Scholz walked into an emergency session of the...
Can Britain Secure a Role in the EU’s Made in Europe Plan?
Britain is seeking a closer economic relationship with the European Union by asking to participate in the bloc’s “Made in Europe” industrial strategy, as...
UK-EU Reset: Is Financial Decoupling and Energy Security Undermining the New Partnership?
Three years after Brexit, the UK-EU relationship is not converging. Financial services are diverging deliberately, defense integration is off limits, and energy markets face...
Söder’s Loyalty to Merz Is Real. It’s Also Free
Within days of the CDU's worst-ever state election result, CSU leader Markus Söder ruled out any move against Chancellor Friedrich Merz "under no circumstances,"...
Is NATO Ready for the Next War? Ukraine Raises New Questions
Russia’s war in Ukraine has become more than a test of military endurance. It has also become a live laboratory for modern warfare, exposing...