Geopolitics

Neue Übersetzung: Destabilisierung im Roten Meer: welche Konsequenzen für Europa?

2023 war ein herausforderndes Jahr für den internationalen Frieden: Krieg in der Ukraine, in Bergkarabach, in Gaza, der Bürgerkrieg im Sudan sowie territoriale Streitigkeiten zwischen Guyana und Venezuela. Trotz der Anstrengungen, Frieden zu verbreiten, sind viele Beobachter*innen mit Hinblick auf 2024 kaum optimistisch. In der Region um das Rote Meer häufen sich die Konflikte besonders: auf der einen Küstenseite (Äthiopien, Eritrea und Somalia), wie auf der anderen (Jemen), nimmt die Anzahl der Konflikte und Spannungen zu, was sich auf die für Europa strategisch wichtige Region auswirkt.

Sunday 19 May 2024

With its Security Threatened, Demoracy is Under Pressure in Armenia

This text is written and published as part of the Democracy Under Pressure Campaign of JEF Europe The Republic of Armenia regained its independence in 1991 after the fall of the Soviet Union. This beginning of the independence era, however, was bittersweet. On one hand, the end of communism (…)

Saturday 23 March 2024

The ‘NATOphoria’ State of Affairs – Shifts in European Neutrality

Tensions have been brewing among the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO) member states, and especially the European ones, who are geographically closer to Russia, since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine War. Nevertheless, the situation has not brought only distress due to the (…)

Thursday 29 February 2024

Destabilization in the Red Sea : what impact for Europe ?

2023 was a painful year for international peace : war in Ukraine, in Nagorno-Karabakh, in Gaza, civil war in Sudan, territorial disputes between Guyana and Venezuela; despite the efforts to promote peace, 2024 is not seen with optimism by many observers. In the Red Sea region, this phenomenon of (…)

Wednesday 17 January 2024

Is the relationship between the EU and Latin America entering a new era?

While reading this article during this European winter, we can all picture the Caribbean Sea, a wonderful walk in sunny Buenos Aires, or the majestic Machu Picchu. While most Europeans love visiting Latin American countries for vacations, gap years, or volunteer work, the continent also hosts a (…)

Sunday 24 December 2023

The European Strategic Compass

The 9/11 attacks, the rise to power of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan or even the Russian invasion of Ukraine were all moments showing the fragility of the European Union. These symbols have given rise to the belief that European values are threatened from all angles. This is the nature of a (…)

Sunday 10 September 2023

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

US Presidential Elections: Who is the best candidate for the EU?

On the eve of the US presidential election, The New Federalist explores both candidates’ policies towards the EU.

Monday 2 November 2020

Blocking by Proxy: Foreign Powers and the Council’s Unanimity Rules

Council President Charles Michel argued that unanimity “promotes a lasting commitment” from the Member States and allows them to “draw strength from our unity”. But from the outside, it does the opposite. When third parties seek to influence the EU’s foreign policy, using the Member States as proxies, in order to prevent the EU from upholding its values abroad, then unanimity does not equal strength but weakness. For this reason, it is urgently important for the EU to end its practice of Qualified Majority Voting.

Sunday 18 October 2020

The UN: after 75 years of struggling for peacekeeping, it’s time to modify the system

Europe’s own divisions over the UN Security Council make it hard for them to throw their support behind any single plan for reform. But they will need to: in order for the UN to be as useful for Europeans as it once was, the Security Council needs to change.

Saturday 15 August 2020

’The Nature of War is Changing’ - Updating Deterrence with Roman Gerodimos

Our Global Affairs editor, Christian Gibbons, talks with Bournemouth University professor Roman Gerodimos about his new film “Deterrence”, and about how NATO can update its repertoire for the 21st century.

Thursday 23 July 2020

The European Union and Mexico: a free trade agreement and a pandemic

On Tuesday 28th April 2020, the European Commission announced that it had concluded negotiations for a free-trade agreement with Mexico, one of the EU’s main trading partners in Latin America. The trade agreement, which will lift almost all tariffs on products traded with the EU (particularly on (…)

Friday 3 July 2020
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