The campaign has encouraged Zelensky’s tendency towards governance through informal means. This has allowed him to act speedily – but it risks letting oligarchic influence return
The EU and its member states can assist Tunisian leaders by providing new investment – and thereby reboot the democratic transition
The EU’s work on its Strategic Compass should include debates on the special status states’ future role in European defence
The solution to the dispute between Kosovo and Serbia should be to create a societal consensus on both sides of the border
The anti-coercion instrument needs to enable countermeasures that are both effective and credible; if it does not, this could carry more risks than benefits
EU member states should help Turkey manage the impact of the new trade regulations the deal would bring in
Public faith in EU institutions has declined due to their handling of the covid-19 pandemic. However, citizens still believe in the need for greater cooperation.
To engage more confidently with a world that is changing, outward-looking Germans need to shape a progressive new national identity before it is defined by the forces of isolation and exclusion
The UN should pursue a “free association” option for Western Sahara – a third way that offers a realistic means of fulfilling Sahrawi self-determination
Italy has an opportunity to position itself closer to the Franco-German engine and to help construct a multilateral system in which the EU and the US are equal partners