Law and Justice is threatening a radical change to the EU treaties that will not happen. But at the same time it makes it difficult for a future government to discuss the necessary reform of the Union
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Leading politicians in Europe and the United States often portray the world of the 21st century as a rivalry between competing ideological and political systems
Instead of clinging to old alliances, European decision-makers must seek new partners in this “world à la carte” for the crucial issues of the 21st century, Mark Leonard, Ivan Krastev and Timothy Garton Ash state
Saudi Arabia has globalized by embracing multipolarity, a world order in which the US has lost its undisputed hegemony and other players are emerging, opening up new opportunities for growth
Despite the blockages, Biden will find a way to send financial aid to Ukraine
Hamas is not Al Qaida in gathering consensus: around the world there are for sure Hamas’ sympathizers, and some might even act on its behalf, but I wouldn’t frame it as a red-alert situation
It will take years for Israelis to recover from this attack, even from a psychological perspective: the reality of secret services’ failure is too difficult to digest
The EU always had to balance two different positions on the issue: one centered on security and economics, the other on values and peace. Now we’ve clearly shifted towards the first one
In the minds of part of the Polish electorate, Germany is Europe, and Europe is Germany
The EU has never been more united, efficient and determined than since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But Europe won’t be in this unified Utopia for ever.
Contrary to how it may appear to many, not least in the US, the new cold war seems to be based not on the old logic of polarization, but on a new logic of fragmentation