Despite the worsening human rights crisis facing Afghan women under Taliban rule, global media coverage and high-level diplomatic attention have steadily declined. Since 2021, over one hundred restrictive decrees have systematically eliminated women from public life, education, and employment. Ho…
On 17 October, protests sparked by poor school infrastructure, rising living costs, and public debt spread across France from the northern suburbs to European…
Dr. Mölling discusses Germany’s historic military shift, supply chain vulnerabilities, European defense capabilities, and the strategic necessity for stronger…
Professor Alex de Waal examines the deliberate use of starvation as a low-cost weapon of war, the accountability challenges surrounding remote “white-collar…
Professor Dimitrova discusses European integration, digital disinformation, EU expansion, and the necessity of direct youth participation in democratic…
Defense executive Christina reflects on her career across aerospace, small and medium-sized enterprises, and entrepreneurship. She shares core leadership…
Overnight on 11 to 12 October 2026, hackers took remote control of Danish-made refrigeration controllers in French supermarkets, destroying food stocks and…
Faure Gnassingbé, President of Togo’s Council of Ministers, has met with Xi Jinping in Beijing to strengthen the diplomatic relationship between the two…
Germany’s participation in “Steadfast Noon” 2026 signals continuity in NATO nuclear sharing, but also a strategic dilemma: Berlin is hedging between Washington…
As United Kingdom tries to process the recent events in the Fairford. The Head of the British counterintelligence warns about the rising threat of the hybrid…
Since 2022, European efforts to mobilise private capital for rearmament have lagged: aerospace and defence account for just 1.5% of business development…
The rising technocratic influence is increasingly threatening the renowned norm-maker EU’s socio-economic policies and actions. This current phenomenon…
The Azerbaijan–Germany Strategic Partnership of July 2026 signals political intent, but Europe’s retreat from fossil-fuel financing means the volumes it calls…
The origins of Venezuela’s lasting energy security crisis and its effects on the country’s public order and broader economy are often explained in light of the…
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