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Between Geopolitics and Values: The EU’s Strategic Paralysis on Turkiye
Turkiye (Brussels Morning) After decades of negotiation, reform, and candidacy since 1999, Turkiye’s path to EU membership has become almost a punchline. What once symbolized a democratic journey toward Europe’s…
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Trade barriers are not just American – Europe is guilty, too
This week, some of the European Union’s top dogs will get together for a meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council.…
We need strong intellectual property rights for a sustainable future
A peculiar idea has taken hold in climate policy circles: That intellectual property rights stand in the way of solving…
Pragmatism over Posturing: Germany’s China Policy Under Merz
Friedrich Merz’s ascent to the German chancellorship marks a significant political transition at a moment of extraordinary global flux. As…
Dollar Hegemony Meets the Forge of Reindustrialization
There is a curious irony at the heart of America’s current economic strategy - one that even its most ardent…
While US economy falters, Europe can become the world’s new ‘growth engine’
For fans of economic growth, Donald Trump is bad news. The US is the planet’s ‘growth engine’, powering wealth creation…
When Courage Surpasses Fear
The fearless and determined presence of Generation Z in Iran’s 2021 street protests was nothing short of extraordinary. In Iran,…
US Pushback on EU Deforestation Rules
Anyone with doubts about who has the whip hand in relations between America and Europe need look no further than…
The IMF’s Epitaph for the Descending Economic Uncertainty
For decades, the international trading system has functioned, however imperfectly, as the backbone of global economic integration. Built on a foundation of…