Friedrich Merz is likely to be the next chancellor of Germany. But the CDU leader will usher in a generational shift, moving ...

Defensive economic strategies might slow Europe’s decline, but they won’t secure its future. Only bold reforms and an ...

European countries want to secure supplies of African critical raw materials. To achieve this, they must increasingly meet ...

Gulf monarchies’ interest in the eastern Mediterranean has been growing steadily in the past few years, bringing the rivalries between them ever closer to the heart of Europe. One of the major ...

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Chad and Senegal recently announced the end of their historic defence agreements with France. Now France should hand over its ...

To effectively transition to a low-carbon economy while bolstering energy security and economic stability, Poland is betting ...

The EU can work with existing regional integration mechanisms in the Western Balkans to help cut carbon emissions through ...

This local branch of the Islamic State group (ISIS) was at first self-proclaimed, the outgrowth of a schism within MUJAO. The group’s leader, the former MUJAO commander Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahraoui, ...

In a world of pandemics, forever wars, and great power showdowns, it might come as a surprise that Europe’s next crisis is emerging from disputes over maritime law. In the eastern Mediterranean, a ...

Iyad Ag Ghali, the central leader of the 1990 rebellion in Mali, formed Ansar al-Din in late 2011. The group quickly emerged around a core of Ifoghas Tuareg and longtime companions of Ag Ghali, ...