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Moldova's future won't be won in Brussels, but at home
In June 2024, Moldova formally launched EU accession negotiations at an intergovernmental conference. Since then, the country has moved from declaring its European ambition to adopting and implementing the rules required for membership. In June 2025 alone, Parliament adopted a new Electricity Law intended to integrate Moldova's energy market with the EU’s and a new Law on Medicines aligning the authorisation, manufacturing and monitoring of pharmaceutical products with Europe
Pîrvu Ionuț
10 hours ago4 min read


Does Britain need a more autonomous approach to AI development?
Does the UK stand a chance in the race for AI?
Benjamin Kourakis
1 day ago4 min read


Populist Nationalism, France and the Fraying of the Union
Can the EU hold of the rise of Populist Nationalism? Not if Rassemblement National have anything to say about it.
Ethan Harvey
2 days ago8 min read


Dollar Diplomacy: Why Trump's Envoys Are Getting Nowhere in Moscow
Trump wrote The Art of the Deal, but his envoys in Moscow seem to have mastered the art of getting nowhere.
Cristina Panaguţa
3 days ago4 min read


Gunmen Are Not Heroes: Northern Ireland's Troubles and the Cost of Romanticising Violence
Ask most people about Northern Ireland and the Troubles come up first.
Peter Wilson
5 days ago4 min read


The Gambit of the Century: AI in a Multipolar World
Washington wants the world to pick a side when it comes to AI. Beijing wants to shape the norms that govern it.
Benjamin Kourakis
6 days ago4 min read


Romania Has Dodged the Far Right Twice. Its Luck May Be Running Out
Romania has dodged the far right twice. Third time's the charm?
Harry Brown
Sep 184 min read


Closer Than Membership, Short of Accession: Canada wants 'Associate Membership' of the EU
Canada says it's not joining the EU.
Haris Glykis
Sep 174 min read


Westminster’s Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: How Mis-Machiavellianism Breeds Mistrust
Westminster likes to call itself Machiavellian, but it's misread Niccolò entirely.
Jonathan Walford-Phekoo
Sep 174 min read


Reform believes in free speech for all! Except you, you, and you
Feel free to speak freely, unless you are negatively inclined towards ReformUK.
Cianan Sheekey
Sep 143 min read


When Power and Madness Collide: Mexico's Free Press Under Attack
Just when one thinks Mexico’s current government could not possibly generate any more controversy, division, or intimidation toward its detractors, it finds a way to outdo itself spectacularly. MORENA, the nationalist leftist party that came to power in 2018 and reaffirmed its dominance in the 2024 elections, has demonstrated that there are no limits to the brazenness of its leadership. This is matched by the alarming irresponsibility of their actions at their pulpit of decli
Victor Elizondo
Sep 134 min read


Britain Left Brussels: It did not Escape its Regulatory Consequences
Did London and Brussels truly separate?
Khadija Khan
Sep 123 min read


Charlie Kirk: A Life and Death of Irony
A year on from his assassination, Charlie Kirk isn't a martyr, he's a meme.
Hugh Child
Sep 104 min read


AfD Wins Saxony-Anhalt: Can the Far-Right Form a Government
The AfD celebrated a historic win in Saxony-Anhalt, almost doubling their vote share compared to 2021. Will the firewall hold?
Zizi Gamgebeli
Sep 84 min read


Nigel Farage: Eternal Victim, Constant Culprit in Reform's Donations Scandal
Reform UK and Nigel Farage are finding themselves in a spot of controversy, again.
Hugh Child
Sep 74 min read


Heaven and Hell: What the US-Iran War over Hormuz Really Means
How will Washington look back at Project Freedom?
Diogo Ferreira
Sep 44 min read


Why does Britain’s Left Struggle to Support Ukraine?
s the British Left too fixated on criticising the West that it can't see the forest for the trees on Ukraine?
Theodore Allthorpe-Mullis
Sep 24 min read


US Navy Overstretch: How the Pacific Lost its Aircraft Carrier to the Middle East
Robbing Peter to pay Paul: how the US Navy keeps emptying the Pacific to plug the gap in the Middle East.
Charles Cann
Aug 295 min read


Breaking the Cycle: Why Calls to Reform Stormont are Growing
Almost thirty years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement its limitations are beginning to show.
Peter Wilson
Aug 283 min read


Bosnian Constitutional Reform: Twenty Years after the Failure of the April Package
The Dayton Agreement, created by the 1995 agreement between Bosnian wartime leaders that ended the Bosnian war, was never meant to last. The Agreement affirmed peace and a single sovereign state known as Bosnia and Herzegovina composed of two parts: the largely Serb-populated Republika Srpska and mainly Croat-Bosniak-populated Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The system created was intended to be temporary, in place until a new constitution was agreed upon by the three
Harry Brown
Aug 264 min read
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