Opinions and analyses

Rutte’s vision of European defense follows a familiar yet increasingly unacceptable logic: nuclear deterrence equals U.S. protection, and U.S. protection equals European security. Therefore, European strategic sovereignty is an illusion.…

Governments and major European companies are accelerating efforts to reduce their dependence on the United States, especially in strategic areas such as technology, energy, payments, and defense. The deterioration of…

Europe and the major democracies in Asia have the potential to become a superpower in their own right if they manage to act in a coordinated manner, says Max Boot,…

The speech recently delivered in Davos by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has sparked admiration in European capitals, where many leaders have seen his defiant tone towards the United States…

Rates are in effect, then they’re not. Military force is an option… then it’s ruled out. Chaotic behavior and unpredictability have returned to foreign policy circles. In the White House…

The sanctions imposed by the Trump administration against the Russian energy sector are beginning to have concrete effects, directly impacting the Kremlin’s finances. The Russian oil giant Lukoil has agreed…

The internal reaction against the anti-immigration campaign launched by President Donald Trump is intensifying, but the harshest echoes paradoxically come from outside the United States. The massive deployment of federal…

She was born in May 1986, three years before the fall of communism. It was a difficult time, marked by great shortages, food queues, all kinds of rations, lack of…

The Trump administration has held confidential meetings with representatives of a marginal separatist movement in Alberta, the Canadian province rich in oil, against the backdrop of deteriorating relations between the…

Europe has spent decades convincing itself that geopolitics has rules, that allies are trustworthy, and that sovereignty is sacred, at least on the continent. A heated transatlantic debate shows that…

Ciorogârla is a commune located in the western part of Bucharest, almost engulfed by the metropolis, situated just 10 kilometers from Chiajna. On the night of January 27 to 28,…

Trump’s Peace Council, which accepts funds from foreign governments, clearly violates the United States Constitution. Through this organization, Trump is actually receiving bribes from other governments, a practice explicitly prohibited…

After months of cautious probing, diplomatic formulas, and visible efforts to not antagonize Donald Trump, European leaders seem to have reached a common conclusion: there comes a moment when „no”…

How can you keep track and then understand a president who, in just one year, has published over 6,000 messages on social media, attended over 433 public events, and held…

The new director of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) signals a change in strategy at a time when Europe is facing an escalation in confrontation with Russia. This is…

It took Donald Trump six days to build a new world. Since threatening last Saturday with customs duties and the confiscation of Greenland, Trump’s discrediting behavior has clearly shown the…

The US claims that occupying Greenland is vital for security, but analysts say that disagreements with allies would make this territory less secure. Additionally, armies in northern Europe are better…

Ever since Donald Trump started talking about reclaiming Greenland from Denmark, European leaders have hoped to escape his notoriously short attention span. Their repeated submission has put Europe in a…

When Donald Trump arrived at the famous Alpine resort, two hours late due to a small malfunction on Air Force One, the presidential plane, “The Economist,” the most important economics…

Donald Trump spoke extensively about NATO in his long speech at Davos. He emphasized his theory that the United States „are treated very unfairly by NATO.” „We give so much…