AI, Semiconductors, and the Trap of Zero-Sum Thinking
In the United States, the Trump administration is considering whether to allow US tech company Nvidia to sell its advanced H200 AI chips to...
Putin is betting on a European retreat
By Belgian MEP Johan Van Overtveldt (Belgian Finance Minister between 2014 and 2018, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee)
The new peace plan for Ukraine is...
Sudan: “One of the gravest human tragedies of our time.”
By Martin Banks
MEPs and a respected rights group have joined forces in demanding urgent action to stop the “gravest human tragedies of our time."
As Sudan descends...
A bonfire of green EU policies?
On Wednesday 19 November, EU governments agreed to extend the EU’s deforestation directive (EUDR) once again, this time until the end of December 2026,...
Presenting the “EU Regulatory Quality Index”
By Constantinos Saravakos, a doctoral candidate in international and European studies at the University of Macedonia and head of research at Greek think tank...
A moment of reckoning for the WHO
By Michael Landl, Director at the World Vapers’ Alliance.
This week, in Geneva, countries gather under the banner of the World Health Organization to discuss the future...
Why Cutting Bureaucracy Is a Near-Impossible Mission in a Representative Democracy
Matthias Bauer is a German economist and Director at the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE). In his new book, called "The Deep...
A narco-state in the heart of Europe?
The road to becoming a narco-state is paved with good intentions
‘We are evolving into a narco-state’, a Belgian judge who had to go into...
A closer look at D66, the winner of the Dutch elections
By Samuel Martin, Editor-in-Chief of The Mallard
For the last several years, Dutch politics has largely been defined by the ruthless search for an alternative.
In...
Coalition of European business groups urges support for the Omnibus I...
The Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers (ZPP) and the European Enterprise Alliance (EEA) have brought together a coalition of 21 European business organisations calling...
