Many are working for peace in the ongoing conflicts, and feasible compromises should be achievable, because everybody is tired of war. But will any ceasefires last? “The lovers’ faith is like the Arabian phoenix — everyone says it exists, no one knows where,” the Italian poet Metastasio sang, in verses that come back to mind […]
The Mediterranean Sea needs to regain some unity of purpose to confront the present and future migration waves that could scuttle Europe forever Recent events in Ceuta, where many thousands of migrants breached Spain’s borders (and thus also those of the EU) after swimming across the stretch of sea separating Morocco from the Spanish enclave, […]
The USA, Russia, and Israel are losing face in their military operations and will try to save it. How will the EU deal with it? In Europe, the art of saving face — even when things go truly badly — is neither a well-known nor a particularly well-developed science among our decision-makers, and above all […]
Mali is facing a severe escalation of its long-running security and humanitarian crisis. After large-scale, coordinated offensives by Islamist and separatist armed groups, the military junta is struggling to maintain control nationwide. Civilians face dire conditions amid intensified violence, widespread human rights abuses, and blockades. Russian mercenaries, who had backed the junta and expelled French […]
Wars, challenges, and the US’s flamboyant rhetoric all push Europe to reconsider a joint security mechanism within NATO. Here is a possible path. The subject of European defense has undoubtedly always been — and has become even more so in the wake of recent events — one of the most complex and difficult topics to […]
The Iraq-Iran war 40 years ago should have revealed the vulnerability of the Strait and Tehran’s determination. It’s pointless to shift the blame to NATO. Years ago, Western nations already faced the start of a crisis related to the transit of hydrocarbons from the Persian Gulf — vital to our economy — through the bottleneck […]
It was the breadbasket of the continent and the world’s mining hub. But wars are tearing the territory apart, dividing it into four parts and spreading instability to the Mediterranean. Until a few years ago, Sudan still held hope for a future of prosperity that a potential peace agreement might eventually bring about. It was […]
