What Is the Impact of the Polish Constitutional Court Ruling on the European Union?
The conflict between national Polish law and EU law is not the first, and most likely it will not be…
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Jens Stoltenberg on the Rise of China: Is NATO Pivoting to the Indo-Pacific?
As China rises, NATO finds itself at unease.
French-German Tension May Create Deep Divisions in Europe
France and Germany are at odds over several issues and the NATO Leaders meeting next week has the potential to…
Eastern Mediterranean: A New Impasse for Turkey-EU Relations?
Between Turkey and Europe remains a communication gap and a mutual frustration merely undermining any dialogue for a constructive approach.…
Who is Ursula von der Leyen, the new European Commission President?
Ursula von der Leyen was accused by Nigel Farage of wanting to control “every single aspect of our lives,” and…
Is Drowning Immigrants the EU’s New Strategy?
Europe has neglected its political and moral values vis-a-vis immigrants. Europe’s operation Triton – a brutal counter-immigration policy framework, disguised…
EU-Turkey Accession Negotiations Backsliding?
The European journey turned out to be an anathema for Turkey that paradoxically is set to stand on the door…
Will the Far-Right Lead Europe?
Insufficient knowledge and self-perception on Islamophobia and xenophobia by EU states is a further obstacle in the fight against these…
The European Parliament Seeks the Medieval Age in Hagia Sophia
The European Parliament considers defending Hagia Sophia’s conversion into a mosque an extremism and underlines its opposition to that. However,…
The Link Between Brexit and Turkey’s Dashed Hopes of Being an EU Member
For older, experienced EU hacks, such as the author, there were no great surprises to the loaded gun which Brussels…
Chinese Foreign Direct Investments threaten the Independence of EU States
Although China-led foreign investment in various sectors contributes positively to employment and development, it can be observed that China’s growing…
Ambivalent Policies and the Loss of Western Values
Norbert Röttgen, Germany’s Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, described the Venezuelan President Maduro as a dictator while German foreign…
Radicalization in Egypt May Haunt Europe
Sisi’s harsh stance against the civil opposition in the country and the increasing brutality may push opponents to radicalization, which…
Is Germany Intervening in the Internal Affairs of Venezuela?
The report published by Wissenschaftlicher Dienst des Bundestages stresses the fact that the German parliament’s decision to recognize Guaidó as the interim…
European Double Standards on Venezuela
While recently Germany’s economy minister Altmaier visited Egypt this week and met with the putschist president Sisi without problematizing his…
The End of History or the End of Democracy in Austria?
Departing from the Japanese-American political scientist Francis Fukuyama’s contention in his “The End of History” thesis that liberal democracy is…
Theresa May’s Brexit Deal is Part of a Dirty Trick by Brussels to Make an Example of the UK
The EU which doesn’t want the UK to leave the union at all, but prefers an arrangement whereby London stays…
Is Europe Back to Great Power Politics?
Does the fray over European security between the U.S. and the EU demonstrate a return of Europe to great power…
One of every two Europeans dissatisfied with EU’s direction
European Union public opinion survey conducted last month by Eurobarometer shows the latest sentiments regarding EU. The official results which…
Where is Turkey’s foreign policy leading to?
“Ankara wants to form relationships based on mutual interdependence. Who ever is close to this idea, then Turkey will form…
Will the EU Keep the JCPOA Alive?
While the EU’s grand effort to keep the JCPOA alive seems to fail in the future, unlike the U.S., the…
Uninvited Guests of the Inhospitable Sea
The EU severely depends on Turkey, as it did regarding the Aegean Sea, in the subjects of the prevention of…
