Working Groups – Page 10

North American Trade Relations

Eugen BulboacaJuly 26, 20250

The Role of NAFTA and USMCA In his 2016 presidential campaign, one of Donald Trump’s pillars was trade policy. Repeatedly calling the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) “the worst trade deal” became infamous and played a pivotal role in his surprising sweep of Rust Belt states such as Pennsylvania or Wisconsin. As President, Trump […]

Low Likelihood, High Impact: Rethinking Nuclear Risks in Space

Octavian-Teodor DragonJuly 26, 20250

Low Likelihood, High Impact: Rethinking Nuclear Risks in Space Upon first glance, the idea of nuclear weapons in space sounds completely outside our realm of possibility to be of any real concern. In February 2024, however, Republican U.S. Congressman Mike Turner warned Congress against just that: according to the Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, […]

More Border Protection = Less Illegal Migration?

Eugen BulboacaJuly 26, 20250

Increased border protection: curbing migration or just easing public fears? An ever-increasing security expense has not curbed the arrival of migrants in Europe. As the number of migrants has risen drastically in the last 20 years, all states in the old continent have constantly increased border patrol spending. However, erecting fences and funding border patrol […]

Reviving Relations – China, South Korea and Japan

Octavian-Teodor DragonJuly 26, 20250

Reviving Relations – China, South Korea and Japan How Trump pushes Northeast Asia together On March 25th, 2025, China, South Korea, and Japan held their eleventh China-Japan-ROK Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Tokyo. During their meeting, they agreed on key points that should shape the trilateral cooperation in the upcoming years. First, the focus lies […]

Comparison of Russian & EU Arms Supply During Ukraine War

Octavian-Teodor DragonJuly 26, 20250

The Daunting Metrics of Arms Production in Russia and the EU Metrics of Arms ProductionOne of the key metrics of the war in Ukraine has been the ability of Russia and Ukraine to supply their respective troops with war materials, such as main battle tanks (MBTs), armoured vehicles and artillery shells. For some time, this […]

China’s “Bet” on Africa?

Eugen BulboacaJuly 26, 20250

Main Takeaways from the 2024 China-Africa Summit In the beginning of September, Beijing hosted one of its largest diplomatic convoys in years; the three-yearly Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit, with more than 50 African countries’ delegates present. The summit adopted the Beijing Action Plan for 2025–2027 and resulted in a wide range of commitments […]

The Shadow Network

Eugen BulboacaJuly 26, 20250

How Kazakh and Kyrgyz Firms Facilitate Sanction Circumvention After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the US, EU, and their partners imposed extensive sanctions, including a ban on dual-use goods. Sales of these items to Russia declined, but imports and re-exports to Russia by non-sanctioning states like China, Turkey and the Commonwealth of […]

China’s New Balancing Act: India-Pakistan

Octavian-Teodor DragonJuly 26, 20250

Introduction Sino-Pakistan relations form one of the most enduring and strategic alignments in indo-pacific politics, often characterized by their all-weather friendship, enduring trust-worthiness and non-interference. Having gained independence concurrently, and strengthened through mutual distrust toward India, the relationship now encompasses partnerships in defense, infrastructure, intelligence and energy. The relationship between Islamabad and Beijing has become […]

Cyber Attacks 2021-2023

Eugen BulboacaJuly 26, 20250

Range in Degree of Severity and Impact On National IT Professionals Day, the European Working Group is celebrating with a map that is willing to illustrate just how dynamic the security sector is in cyberspace.The impact heat map of the 3-year time stamp from 2021 to 2023 aims to unveil the not-so-hidden assault on our […]

California Girls in Space? – A far-fetched consequence of space governance

Octavian-Teodor DragonJuly 26, 20250

In April this year, artist and singer Katy Perry, along with three other women, was launched into space with Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin. The stunt was framed as a feminist landmark to mark the first spaceflight with an all-female crew in over 60 years, but instead, questions were raised over the phenomenon of […]

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