Maximizing the momentum: Europe’s security dilemma and the new Strategic Compass
Emergence of a European security strategy
Almost eighteen years after the EU adopted its first security strategy (ESS), six years after its predecessor – the...
The Power of Political Rhetoric
The 45th President of the United States has spent the last four years in office promoting the rhetoric that has invalidated educated communication. The...
Overcoming Signs of Our Division
The secret ballot allows each citizen to cast their vote as they desire, without outside influences, pressure, repercussions, or censure. Until 1890, US citizens...
The Demons of Our Day
"New situations demand new magic" is not a phrase one would expect in the magazine of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. Yet Sir Evan-Pritchard’s...
The State of American Progressivism Post-Election: Reviving a Moribund Party
“If we are classifying Tuesday as a success ... we will get f---ing torn apart in 2022”, U.S. Representative Spanberger (D-VA) asserted during...
Why the George Floyd Case Was a Mere Symptom of a Split American Society...
“All three counts!” “Whose victory? Our victory!”
After Derek Chauvin was not only charged guilty of manslaughter but second-and third-degree murder as well, it seemed...
Antony Blinken in Conversation with Sir Anthony Eden: Should the U.S. Appease?
Antony J. Blinken may very well be the most informed, advised and consulted bureaucrat in the world. Apart from outside influences and conscious deliberations,...
Africa Means Business: Why the Chinese Debt-Trap Diplomacy is a Sham
China’s debt-trap diplomacy narrative has become conventional wisdom, notwithstanding its striking lack of merit. Mr. Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show...
The Post-Trump GOP: Back to the Future?
As the 2020 electoral contest in the United States comes to a definite conclusion the two Presidential candidates are on the move: president-elect Joe...
Latin American Unity: Barriers and Catalysts for Integration
Throughout the history of Latin America, there have been several attempts, theoretical and practical, to develop a supranational institution that governs parts of the...