Commentary

Moldova and the EU: an Existential Choice

Since November 3, 2024, Moldova and its citizens have been oscillating between reassurance and disappointment. On October 20, alongside the first round of the presidential elections, a historic referendum was held to amend the Moldovan Constitution and enshrine European Union membership as a (…)

Friday 6 December 2024

Kazan’s BRICS Summit is a Head-On Challenge to Western Influence

As the BRICS summit concluded in Kazan, Russia, the significance of this gathering transcends mere diplomatic niceties; it serves as a litmus test for the evolving dynamics of global power. The summit, attended by leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, and newly invited (…)

Wednesday 6 November 2024

Political eruption in Iceland: what’s next for the volcano island?

“No other option”: an insight into the political crisis The crisis came after 6 months in office for Benediktsson and 11 years in office for the Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn (Independence Party), a centre-right political party. The Prime minister stated he had “no other option” regarding the (…)

Saturday 19 October 2024

The EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum: A Breakthrough or a Broken Promise?

The European Union’s newly approved Migration Pact, a landmark legislation designed to address irregular immigration and asylum issues, is a double-edged sword. While it aims to streamline the asylum process and distribute responsibility more equitably among its member states, it also raises (…)

Saturday 3 August 2024

European elections, national consequences

The 9th of June electoral night should have focused mainly on the European election results, held from the 6th to the 9th of June across the whole EU. This was without counting the flow of announcements from the different European governments, particularly the one from Paris where the French (…)

Saturday 27 July 2024

Left-wing Populism - An overlooked threat for Europe?

Sahra Wagenknecht’s party constitutes the newest player in Germany’s political landscape, ideologically uniting classic leftist positions with a conservative stance on society. Its populist approach relies on simple answers to the great questions of our time, signifying a novelty in the country. (…)

Friday 14 June 2024

Thoughts of a changing Reality - Are we destined to become savages?

There was a time, long gone, when war gave the impression of being a thing of the past. A mere memory of what should not repeat itself, a series of events that only persisted in regions outside the “civilised West”. It was a time when military spending was being reduced because diplomacy (…)

Sunday 5 May 2024

Private Universities Law: A greek game of sophists and pokemons

On March 8th, 2024, the Greek Parliament voted on a law on private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (EPP) praised this legislative development as a milestone, stating, “On the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the Republic, this breakthrough turns (…)

Wednesday 3 April 2024

Joint Statement: We cannot let war become the new normal

After two years of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, we, JEF, NYCU, EDS, YEPP, YES, LYMEC, YDE, IFLRY, FYEG, EFAY, have one message: Don’t let war be our future! On the 24th of February 2022, Europeans woke up to a very different world as Russian president Vladimir Putin undid decades (…)

Saturday 24 February 2024

To ban or not to ban? Protecting our Democracies intelligently

Imagine this scenario: On the morning of October 26th, 2025, winds of political change began sweeping through Germany, marking the onset of profound and deep societal changes. The results of the federal elections exposed a seismic shift within the German society, as the extreme right-wing (…)

Monday 29 January 2024

On the tragedies we face

I often feel like I’m in constant mourning. Our tiny bodies were not meant to take in as much information as flows today through the internet and social media. And yet, we might feel, especially those of us who are politically active, as if we are missing out on some crucial information if we (…)

Friday 22 December 2023

The Helmsman of India’s Geo Economics Ocean

The alarm has been buzzing in the Indian Political Diaspora regarding the gradual growth of China in bilateral trade. The latest report released by the General Administration of Customs in Beijing recorded a surge in trade exchanges between India and China by 8.4 percent, crossing $135 billion. (…)

Thursday 16 March 2023
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