Analysis

Until last weekend, the Biden administration was counting on the Middle East to remain relatively calm while it quietly pursued its main policy goals there: brokering Israeli-Saudi detente and containing ...

Hamas gave impression economy was in focus, says source By Samia Nakhoul and Jonathan Saul A careful campaign of deception ensured Israel was caught off guard when the Palestinian Islamist ...

Berlin introduces border controls, eclipsing open-door policy Partly due to electioneering ahead of Sunday votes -analysts Authorities struggle with influx as asylum requests up 80% By Sarah Marsh and Riham Alkousaa ...

By Ioannis Tirkides Liberal democracy has long been in retreat, and more so in the last ten years as widely documented in multiple studies and reports. Two examples are the ...

By Maria Demertzis At the heart of the EU’s legitimacy as an institution is its treaties. These agreements on what Europeans need to do together to achieve common goals ...

By Luigi Scazzieri Her first year in office has confounded expectations, as Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni blended Atlanticism and pragmatism towards the EU with right-wing populism on immigration, cultural ...

By Ioannis Tirkides The economic environment has been relatively fluid in recent weeks and months. Headline inflation has declined, while core inflation has remained uncomfortably high. In Europe, economic activity ...

A day before mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane crash, a Russian official visited Libya to reassure allies that fighters from the Wagner Group would remain in the country — but ...

Saudi Arabian border guards have killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, including women and children, who attempted to enter the kingdom along its mountainous border with Yemen, Human Rights Watch (HRW) ...

Lean times faced by many U.S. and European companies may last longer than expected as they try to sell off their bulging inventories in an economic climate where demand ...

Many workers across the U.S. are turning to ChatGPT to help with basic tasks, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, despite fears that have led employers such as Microsoft and ...

By Ioannis Tirkides The war in Ukraine may be the most violent and eruptive event in world affairs for a long time. But it is not a singular or autonomous ...

By Ioannis Tirkides A world war, especially on European soil, is unthinkable but raises legitimate concerns. The war in Ukraine has now dragged on for a year and a half, ...

Long before Europe faced its debt crisis, Sweden struggled through its own 1990s property crash. Now the country is preparing to use an old playbook to contain its problems. Sweden ...

By Maria Demertzis For all the problems and crises that the EU has gone through in the past 15 years, immigration is one that still proves difficult to address. It cannot ...

By Charles Ellinas To many, it may not sound surprising, but it is a sad reflection of the last ten years. Cyprus continues its freefall global rankings, in a number ...

A monthly guide to the world of venture investments news provided by the international angels community ICLUB In the June edition of the News Digest, we talk about the picks ...

Russia is decaying in a potent brew of absurdity and repression that is comparable to the Leonid Brezhnev-era of the Soviet Union, Oleg Orlov, one of the Russia’s most ...

By Tanya Romanyuka, Head of Operations at TechIsland In the ever-evolving tech landscape, it’s undeniable that the role of HR has dramatically changed. It is no longer confined to ...

By Maria Demertzis The increasing interest in geoeconomics reflects a shift from designing economic policy based only on economic principles and objectives, to economic statecraft policies that aim to promote ...

By Anne Kauranen and Johan Ahlander High above a railway bridge spanning a foaming river just outside the Arctic Circle, Finnish construction workers hammer away at a project that will ...

By Maria Demertzis and Josh Lipsky Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are becoming a reality around the world, with more than 110 countries now exploring ‘digital cash’. Of the G20 economies, 18 ...

By Maria Demertzis Using a strategy of de-risking to deal with an increasingly fragmented world makes good economic sense. President von der Leyen first launched the strategy in a speech ...

Erdoğan’s re-election as Turkish president means that Ankara’s relations with its Western allies will remain turbulent. The West should expect a bumpy ride. By Luigi Scazzieri On ...