After the early 2000s, Qatar began to accumulate substantial wealth from the export of its energy resources (…) and reinvested all these resources in many European countries
Media mentions – ECFR Rome
Polish political pragmatism allowed Warsaw to seize the war in Ukraine as an opportunity to resume dialogue with other European capitals and Washington
Lukashenko does not want to be involved in the war. The participation of the Belarusian army in this war is not useful for him, rather it would be a serious internal political and social problem
For China, Ukraine and Europe are puppets of the United States which will pay the ultimate price of the conflict, but they are not autonomous actors
In the relationship between Italy, France and Germany, there are now many common interests but personalism prevails
Germany and Italy could take advantage of the current environment to reinforce the integration of their defense sectors and letting them grow in parallel
The sanctions had an impact on the Russian economy, although less then expected. (…) I think expecting a collapse of the Russian economy was simply unrealistic
The bickering among the two will only impact Meloni, who has shown limited political ability to handle relations with Paris. This will increase Italy’s isolation in the European Union
Putin is only interested in full victory as he defines it, and, having invested so much in the war, he will not concede to any agreement short of this
We need to continue explaining to the public why it is important to keep on supporting Ukraine and to ensure that it does not fall under Russian attacks