On August 18, 2026, the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, announced new designations for sanctions against the President of the International Criminal Court (hereinafter “ICC”), Tomoko Akane (Japan), and the Senior Trial Lawyer at the Office of the Prosecutor, Abdoulaye Seye (Senegal). As a result, nearly two years into the second Trump Administration, half […]

Until such goodwill is displayed by our eastern neighbors, the sale of F-35s to Turkey, as recently floated, or its inclusion in SAFE, would incentivize the continuation to the benefit of China, Russia and Hamas and ultimately, to our collective detriment

In the European context, the current status quo, both in terms of domestic governance and international relations, appears to be undergoing a period of instability and readjustment, reflecting a broader transformation in the way politics unfolds.

When we Europeans think about security, they often imagine borders, armies, weapons, alliances and geopolitical crises. These are important of course. When we think about Russia’s war against Ukraine, the instability in the Middle East and growing global competition we are reminded that hard security has returned to the center of politics. But the next […]

Purpose demands discipline. And nothing builds purpose like service, especially when that service is to your country

The strait carries between 35% and 43% of the world’s seaborne urea and nearly half its traded sulphur, the backbone of the phosphate fertiliser chain.

Open any passport issued by a Member State of the European Union and, above the name of the country, you will find two familiar words: European Union. Yet a new European Citizens' Initiative argues that this symbol does not go far enough.

Seventy-six years ago, Robert Schuman proposed a bold vision: that European nations, still scarred by war, should unite their coal and steel production under a common authority — laying the foundations for what would later become the European Union.

A Missed Opportunity in Santa Marta

As Greece prepares for a landmark constitutional revision in 2027, a striking paradox emerges: the generation that will live longest under the new framework remains largely absent from shaping it.

Despite strong engagement, young Europeans lack representation and trust in institutions. Bridging this gap is key to a fair, effective green transition.

Of course, the rupture between the presidency and the papacy alone will not be the causal link to any defeat at the ballot box. However, no other president has, in modern history, disregarded and insulted the deeply held beliefs of 53 million of his compatriots

In a world where everything is an uphill battle, I feel like good fortune puts a big target on my back.

What we are witnessing now, visible military exchanges, explicit references to nuclear facilities, and inflexible rhetoric that leaves little space  for negotiation, signal a shift from contained deterrence to open escalation

The Urgent Need to Transform Scattered Initiatives into a Clear Social Contract Between the State and a Generation.

There is something dangerously seductive about exit. Protest is noisy, exhausting, and uncertain. Withdrawal is quiet, elegant, almost aristocratic. It denies the system the one thing it requires above all else: participation

For decades after World War II, the United States stood at the core of the multilateral system it had helped design. From the United Nations and its specialized agencies to global regimes governing climate, health, and development, US participation was central to both the legitimacy and the functioning of international governance. Today, that role is […]

Geopolitics is no longer a matter of diplomacy, it is a matter of real estate.

It's not difficult to see Greece adopting such a model in parallel to its traditional one with the aim of offloading some of its yearly tourist demand to similar artificially created resort zones.

Brussels faces a choice. Abandon defense rhetoric as ineffective posturing or make it credible through achievable military-enabling actions