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Beyond the Mattei plan: Italy’s search for an Africa policy

  • Lia Quartapelle
  • Commentary
  • View from the Council

This week, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni will present an urgently needed strategic plan for Africa. But as things stand, it is missing a clear strategy and the necessary planning

The bigger picture: The case for an EU-Mercosur free trade deal

  • Agathe Demarais
  • Commentary

Deepening ties with Mercosur countries makes perfect sense as part of the EU’s de-risking efforts to diversify economic ties away from China. Further delays in signing a free trade deal would push Latin America closer to China’s orbit – for good

The red flags ahead: What to expect from Taiwan’s election

  • James Crabtree
  • Commentary

Tensions over Taiwan are likely to rise in the aftermath of this weekend’s election, regardless of who wins. The next president will seek closer ties with Europe, which will necessitate a more coherent and unified policy

Africa and the changing global order

  • Podcast
  • Mark Leonard's World in 30 minutes

Jeremy Shapiro welcomes Adebayo Olukoshi, Brian Kagoro, and Theodore Murphy to talk about Africa and the global order

From Russia with love: How Moscow courts the global south

  • Kadri Liik
  • Policy Brief

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it has been competing with the West for the support of the rest of the world. But with all of its relationships now subordinate to its war effort, Moscow’s foreign policy is weakened

Freedom’s gambit. How to save Belarusian prisoners of conscience

  • Pavel Slunkin
  • Commentary

Just beyond the borders of the EU, the prisons of Belarus hold thousands of hostages of the Lukashenko regime. There is no magic formula for their release, but the EU can draw on international examples to save the lives of at least some of them