The dynamism we now see in the defence ministry really shows that Christine Lambrecht’s year at the ministry was a lost year
Media mentions – ECFR Madrid
The EU and the West in general have not yet achieved this overarching foreign policy goal and the collapse of the Russian economy has not materialised
Xi’s primary objective is to maintain the CCP’s dominance and legitimacy, which for many decades has been based on the party’s ability to achieve rapid economic growth
In the style of the Cold War days, the Global South sees Ukraine as a Northern Hemisphere war, in which they do not want to take sides
The situation will not improve if we continue to treat migration solely as an emergency
Europe’s unity over the war in Ukraine could evaporate in the face of a successful Russian counter-offensive
Krastev and Leonard reflect on the European unity after the war
The (second) lesson from the war is that we’re facing a geopolitical context where peace through trade and cooperation no longer works with some of our neighbours
On the one hand, there are restrictive actions, such as the ban on the export of sensitive technology to China, the controls on Chinese investment in strategic companies or the brake on the deployment
From the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, it was clear that it would be extremely difficult to reach consensus on an embargo on any gas supplies
The gap between the military technology used by Ukraine and that used by Russia continues to grow