Europe in the World

Divide and Democracy: Policy to Prevent Power Politics in the United Nations

The crisis in Ukraine has exposed the weaknesses of international law, undermining the principles of Westphalia: the concept of sovereign rule; liberty of faith; and equality among leaders. Such ideals, articulated during the formation of the United Nations, have failed to acknowledge the (...)

Friday 22 July 2022

The Eastern Partnership amidst The Great Power Politics: Past, Present and The Way Ahead

The Eastern Partnership, launched by the EU in 2009, governs the relationship between the EU and the post-Soviet countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus (who suspended their participation in 2021), Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. Harjeet Singh discusses the impact of the Eastern Partnership on (...)

Wednesday 1 June 2022

United in Diversification? The case of energy diversification during the Ukraine-Russian War.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not necessarily be reflective of JEF Malta as a whole. Since Russia’s engagement in Ukraine, Western States have been working towards moving away from their traditional Russian oil and gas imports, to other less / (...)

Monday 25 April 2022

Reshaping Europe-Africa Relations: A Joint Vision for 2030

Just before the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the 24th February, the leaders of EU institutions met with the 40 heads of state of the African Union on the 17th-18th of February. Although the escalation at the Eastern border of the EU has understandably topped the current list of priorities, (...)

Friday 4 March 2022

The chimera of a Cold War relic and the dream of a new Iron Curtain

Enola Gay, you should have stayed at home yesterday Aha words can’t describe the feeling and the way you lied … Enola Gay, is mother proud of little boy today Aha this kiss you give, it’s never ever gonna fade away... Ukraine is not a member of NATO, it is not a member state of the European (...)

Tuesday 1 March 2022

The EU-Cape Verde partnership: 15 years of prosperity

The European Union is, as we know, a supranational international organisation with clear values and ideals and it assumes itself as an important part in the development of third countries, mainly with those that identify with its values. A clear example of this is the EU-Cape Verde special (...)

Wednesday 23 February 2022

Poland-Belarus Migration Crisis: A Dictator’s Revenge Politics

Globally, the most vulnerable groups of the 21st century are refugees and immigrants. People flee from their homelands to escape from the economic and political instability. But unfortunately, these people often get strangled at the hands of nations’ power politics. This article focuses on how (...)

Friday 18 February 2022

EU’s “Global Gateway”, a European approach to geopolitical influence?

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI - 一带一路) is the epitome of the quest for geopolitical domination in the 21st century. This economic initiative by China officially aims to boost global connectivity and infrastructure by allocating a staggering sum of $3 trillion for the construction of airports, (...)

Tuesday 18 January 2022

The EU’s new sanctions against coercive trade practices – eroding the unanimity rule?

On Dec. 8, 2021, the EU commission unveiled what has been defined as an "[economic howitzer->https://www.politico.eu/article/eus-newest-trade-tool-allows-brussels-to-hit-back-hard-against-economic-blackmail“: an anti-coercion sanction mechanism which would allow the EU to impose sanctions on (...)

Sunday 16 January 2022

A Walled Europe

Taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world, on 18 December 1990, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. On this year’s International Migrants Day, let us (...)

Saturday 18 December 2021

Belarus: is death the only way to freedom?

Two months ago, in Belarus, a political prisoner Vitold Ashurak died in the colony at the age of 50 from a cardiac arrest, according to the government. Nevertheless, his wife reported that he never had heart problems. He had been detained for more than 7 months and wrote in one of his last (...)

Monday 19 July 2021

Ukraine’s association with the EU – an exemplary “integration without membership”?

The penultimate interview in the Eastern Partnership series.

Thursday 6 May 2021
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