Moldova also wants to join the EU in order to manifest its independence from Russia. But this would bring another frozen conflict that will divide the country as we see it in most of the east-european countries. The Republic of Moldova has only 2,6 million inhabitants, and the number is declining. Numerically, the small state located between Ukraine and Romania …

China is visibly closing itself off. Exchange and dialogue are hardly possible anymore. This has drastic consequences for the relationship with the West. For more than two and a half years, hardly any foreign political advisor has visited China. Some even say Scott Kennedy is now the first. The senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in …

Tensions erupted during this summer in the Balkans after the government’s declaration that identity documents and vehicle license plates issued by Serbia would not be valued in Kosovo, as the Kosovo-issued documents are not valued in Serbia. The Serbs who live in the north of Kosovo and have Belgrade-issued plates and documents have strongly reacted to such a decision, although …

En of august, the EU foreign ministers have agreed to restrict the entry of Russian citizens into Europe in the future. How far this should go, however, remains controversial. Foreign ministers are somewhat of the chief diplomats of their countries, and this is usually reflected in their language. But when EU foreign ministers discussed a visa ban on Russian tourists …

Giorgia Meloni could become head of government in Rome this Sunday 25th of September. Are the worries about Italy turning away from Europe justified ? Almost 3 weeks ago, the election program of the right-wing conservative party “Fratelli d’Italia” (Brothers of Italy) was published. In recent polls, the party led by Giorgia Meloni has a 25 percent approval rating and …

Sweden saw itself as an open country, a humanitarian world power. Now that the right-wing populists gained influence on the government for the first time, the new prime minister bears a great responsibility. The Swedish prime minister has initiated the change of power with her withdrawal. That’s how it’s been done for a long time, and that’s how it’s always …

According to a report from the European Parliament, Hungary is challenging the fundamental values of the EU treaties. However, the EU is partly to blame by letting it slide for too long. Hungary is no longer a full-fledged democracy. Instead, conditions in the central European country have deteriorated so much that it has become an “electoral autocracy”, according to a …

On June 30, an intense diplomatic sequence ended, with an European Council meeting, a G7 summit and then a NATO summit. These events were an opportunity to reaffirm the unity of the Western side, despite existing differences. In the short term, these three summits have reaffirmed the great overall cohesion that has existed since the beginning of the war in …

Because many things in Hungary can only be decided by a two-thirds majority, Viktor Orbán does  not concentrate all his attention to centrist voters when courting support. The result is almost inevitably populism. The good(ish) news first. There will be no exit of Hungary from the EU, not with Viktor Orbán, who, on the contrary, is preparing for a stronger …

Since November 2021, Congolese forces have been battling a resurgence of the M23 rebel group in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Though one of over 100 non-state armed militias currently active in eastern DRC, the recent reemergence of M23 has exacerbated an already dire humanitarian situation and contributed to a rapid deterioration in …