European boots on the ground in Ukraine seem more likely than ever before—but discussions on the practicalities of such a ...

The Asia programme seeks to help Europe recalibrate its relationship with China and its Asian partners. The programme analyses China’s domestic situation, its role in the region, and its increasing ...

Relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea have soured since the war in Tigray ended in 2022. The region is now a tinderbox for ...

Giorgia Meloni is walking a diplomatic tightrope between Brussels and a resurgent, Trump-led Washington. Her White House ...

Far away from the battlefronts in Ukraine, Russia has been busy charming African capitals to support its invasion. Ukraine is ...

President Donald Trump has long hated the European Union. He hates it because it has a big trade surplus with America, because its size and economic power make it a tough negotiator and because it ...

Throughout Europe, US president Donald Trump is seen as a chaos-monger with a reverse Midas touch: everything he touches ends up worse than he found it. Yet despite his anachronistic views on most ...

South Africa broadly aligns with Europe on democratic principles—but its deep ties to Russia and China, and role in BRICS-led initiatives, are straining relations with the West. Europe nevertheless ...

On April 13th, two Russian ballistic missiles struck Sumy in northern Ukraine, killing 35 people and injuring 117. This attack, the deadliest in Ukraine so far this year, came after one on Kryvyi ...