3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (489+ words) Ukraine is losing the war, and Volodymyr Zelensky is living under an illusion about Ukraine’s chances of defeating Russia or even halting the slow, grinding advances, according to The Spectator. The report comes as United States President Donald Trump’s son-in-law,…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (402+ words) International responses to Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank, notably regarding redrawing the ethnic composition of the territory, have been a slow burn affair. Condemnation and admonitions have issued from various international bodies and civil society groups regarding the…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1044+ words) Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband “called out” the growing numbers of Israeli settlements in the West Bank imposing sanctions on some aspects of the system although contradictions remain within the overall stance towards apartheid state In an unprecedented address before the…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (632+ words) Europe’s strategy toward Russia rests on a contradiction. Its governments speak as though they are directing the confrontation, yet they lack the military power, industrial capacity and intelligence infrastructure required to sustain it independently. Europe can escalate, but it cannot…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (175+ words) Lasting security arrangements arise not from shared values, but from the recognition by the parties that they cannot eliminate one another. The Peace of Westphalia of 1648 did not eliminate the confessional differences that had divided Europe during the devastating Catholic-Protestant…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (264+ words) The “war on terror” began over a century ago in colonial India and Ireland, where resistance was criminalised and entire populations were surveilled, detained, and brutalised. Those same tactics were later imported to the UK, rebranded, and used against Black…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (916+ words) Ireland is pressing the European Union (EU) to adopt a more unified and forceful response to Israel’s policies in the occupied Palestinian territories, calling for expanded sanctions on Israel, restrictions on settlement goods and services, and a reassessment of Israel’s…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1029+ words) The political foundations of the Ukraine war are being challenged. EU member states are increasingly weighing the risks of sanctions and financial support, while Kyiv confronts corruption scandals and a legitimacy crisis. At the same time, Moscow continues to signal…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (701+ words) Becoming an EU member would have been a bad idea twenty or thirty years ago, but it would be an even worse one now that the bloc’s oligarchic machinery has mutated into a full-blown war machine * I’ve written for … The…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (185+ words) A divergência de interesses entre os EUA e a Europa está se tornando cada vez mais evidente. Um sinal dessas tensões é a perda do status de prioridade da Europa nas questões estratégicas dos EUA. Os parceiros europeus parecem agora…...