Opinion pieces
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Europe’s Suez moment
With US president Trump living up to his campaign promise to quickly end the war in Ukraine through what Ukraine and Europe fear would be a Russian peace without their involvement, Europe collectively faces its 21st century Suez moment.
How to lift Von der Leyen’s curse
‘We all know what we have to do, but we don’t know how to get re-elected once we’ve done it.’ Thus spoke Jean-Claude Juncker as then President of the Eurogroup back in 2007.
Why Ukraine must win
A sense of defeatism hangs over the war in Ukraine. The Russian invasion is creeping forward and the frontline is showing cracks. President Putin is becoming more reckless in his attacks on civilians and cities.
Europe needs to go geopolitical, fast
If anyone in Europe still harbours any illusions about state of the world, a group photo from the last week’s BRICS summit in Kazan should suffice.
The West’s new Bandung-moment should spur the EU into action
In April 1955, the heads of government of 29 African and Asian countries gathered in the Javanese city of Bandung.
The European Union will keep marching forward
As the dust settles on elections that collective tilt the European political centre of gravity towards the right, what impact can we expect of the trajectory of the European Union?