Column
On Biden's China policy
America's legitimacy will ultimately rest in its capacity to get boots on the ground in heavily-contested environments, to undo Chinese surprise campaigns, and not to allow China to do what Russia did in the Crimea.
News in Brief
- Putin holds out olive branch to Europe
- US snatched Russian anti-air system from Libya warlord
- UK to extradite alleged trafficker to EU despite Brexit
- EU puts trust in Boeing 737s after post-crash ban
- EU animal-export trade under harsh spotlight
- City of London wants to set rules for EU
- MEPs want 2030 targets to reduce consumption footprint
- Coronavirus cases worldwide pass 100m
Opinion
Why Russia politics threaten European security
Russia could expand hostile operations, such as poisonings, including beyond its borders, if it feels an "existential" threat and there is no European pushback.
Analysis
Ten years on from Tahrir: EU's massive missed opportunity
Investing in the Arab world, in a smart way, is also investing in the European Union's future itself. Let's hope that the disasters of the last decade help to shape the neighbourhood policy of the next 10 years.
Analysis
Eastern Europe wakes up with Trump hangover
Trump's legacy in the region is mostly linked to the bilateral accords normalising economic relations between Kosovo and Serbia. During the signing of the Washington Agreement, Trump allegedly pressured the Serbian president to move Serbia's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Borrell to meet Lavrov, while Navalny behind bars
EU top diplomat Josep Borrell is going to Moscow in February, even though Russia's opposition star, Alexei Navalny, will most likely be in prison at the time.
Navalny protests sharpen EU sanctions talks
Street violence in Russia redoubled calls for new sanctions when foreign ministers meet on Monday, after eight EU states earlier proposed asset-freezes and visa-bans.
Opinion
Will EU ever take action to stop Israeli settlements?
The EU-Israel Association Agreement, and Israel's systematic violation of its article 2, must be stopped until Israel implements its obligations under international law. This should not be a matter of controversy, but the least peace-loving countries must do.
EU and Cuba appeal for Biden to open up
The EU is coaxing US president Joe Biden to open up to Cuba amid its worst economic crisis in decades, but foreign money risks feeding the regime's "feared" rule.
US returns to climate deal and WHO, as EU 'rejoices'
US president Joe Biden has overturned America's exit from the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organisation in his first moments in office, as EU leaders "openly rejoiced".
Turkish minister in Brussels to discuss new migrant deal
Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, will be meeting three EU commissioners to discuss a "prospective update of [the] EU-Turkey Statement" on migrants.
Opinion
On Erdoğan and Europe's 'ontological' choice
Why do authoritarian leaders on the fringes of Europe, such as Turkey's Erdoğan, bother trying to romance the EU?
MEPs call to halt Russia pipeline over Navalny arrest
MEPs urged the EU to stop a Russian gas pipeline and invoke 'Magnitsky Act' sanctions on oligarchs over the arrest of Alexei Navalny, but was anyone listening in Paris or Berlin?
Opinion
Biden's 'Age of Aquarius'? Mars and Venus will clash over China
Washington's dazzling security-dominated Asian engagement may get all the attention - but the EU has done a pretty good job of hammering out its own Asia policy over the last few years.
Analysis
What do new CDU chief's pro-Russia views mean for Europe?
It remains to be seen if Laschet will be the CDU's candidate for German chancellor, but some of his foreign policy views have raised eyebrows in the past.
Business as usual for EU and Russia, despite Navalny?
EU countries hinted new sanctions might come if Russia further harms opposition hero Alexei Navalny, but France and Germany want business as usual for now.
Opinion
Tackling frozen conflicts in the EU's own neighbourhood
Romania has drawn the signal that the time has come to resume the EU-level dialogue on protracted conflicts and their crippling effects on the region's security and development perspectives, writes the country's foreign minister, Bogdan Aurescu.
Opinion
EU name change masks new restrictions in development sector
This week the European Commission's Directorate for Cooperation and Development changes its name to the Directorate-General for International Partnerships - in a symbol of how early-industrialised countries seem to be losing influence to the benefit of some emerging countries.
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Latest News
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- The EU's vaccine strategy - the key points
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Can EU keep Navalny safe as he 'defies' Putin?
EU diplomacy might help keep Russian opposition hero Alexei Navalny safe when he "defies" Russian president Vladimir Putin by going home this weekend.
EU condemns US execution of Lisa Montgomery
The US executed 52-year old Lisa Montgomery, a death row inmate, on Wednesday. Montgomery had committed a gruesome murder but she was also mentally ill. The EU is now demanding the US reverse all pending federal-level executions
Erdoğan sets out EU dream in Ankara palace
Turkey held out a grand olive branch to the EU when president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met ambassadors in his Ankara palace on Tuesday.
Opinion
The EU's urgent imperative in the Sahel
It's alarming that the EU is moving towards making development assistance conditional on the cooperation of third countries with its own migration objectives. This risks skewing priorities and undermining progress.
New law gives Russian 'privileged status' in Moldova
Following a draft law approved by Moldovan parliament, the Russian language will now get a special status as the "language of interethnic communication", and becomes mandatory for all civil servants.
Investigation
Ukraine's journalist murder case goes international
Ukrainian police in EU to seek new evidence on Belarusian link to killing of one of eastern Europe's star journalists four years ago.
Opinion
India's human rights defenders deserve EU support
On Tuesday (12th January), the EU-India Human Rights dialogue will take place. Will EU leaders take a leap and stop keeping quiet about the deteriorating human rights situation in India?
Interview
Belarus threatens to kill two UK dissidents
British citizenship and international awards are not enough to make Belarusian dissident Natalia Kaliada feel safe after a high-profile death threat.
Italy's 2021 G20 presidency - a transatlantic reset?
The three pillars of Italy's G20 presidency - "people", "planet" and "prosperity" aimed at building a more sustainable future, as well as digital innovation - are shared by Joe Biden, which raises hopes of a positive EU-US dialogue.
Opinion
Europe must plot its own course on China
Given China's size and interconnectedness with Europe, a strategic policy of non-engagement hardly deserves the label "strategic".
Interview
Former US envoy to EU: 'Our democracy is fragile'
"I never dreamt I would see these things ... and chilling, chilling," Anthony Gardner, the former US ambassador to the EU, said of the pro-Trump mob which stormed the Capitol earlier this week.
Opinion
The under-reported power struggle at the top of the OSCE
An internal power struggle has undermined the world's leading international security body since the summer. The OSCE is due to finally get new leaders in December but the unprecedented power vacuum has hit at a crunch time for hotspots worldwide.
Erdoğan holds rainy picnic in Cypriot ghost-town
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has angered Cyprus and left-wing Turkish Cypriots by holding a picnic in the hot-button location of Varosha.
Opinion
Time for EU to help free Saharawi people
Time the for EU to help free the Saharawi people after 45 years of Moroccan occupation in the scorching desert because Spain once swapped them for a school of fish.
Lithuania seeks EU reaction to Belarus killing
Lithuania is expecting an EU reaction to the "shocking" death of a Belarusian man on Thursday.
Armenia's democracy needs EU lifeline after war ends
The end of the Nagorno-Karabakh war is a new test for Armenia's young democracy and for EU ambition.
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