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A serviceman looks at a UAV at the base where Ukrainian military personnel learn to control drones for combat missions, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine.
War in Europe
Aleksandre Tsereteli

Use of Technologies in the Russia-Ukraine War

The 21st century has brought significant new developments in warfare. Technological development, both intuitively and intentionally, led to upgrades in military operations and tactics. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is an evident demonstration of how new technologies have shifted traditional warfare. However, the concept of war did not change, as Clausewitz noted: “War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will”

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Mediterranean Dialogue
Abdel-Wahed Ouarzazi

2023: Crisis on the Mediterranean horizon

The global economy continues to face the challenges of the war in Europe. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and other international organisations, the consequences of the war are predicting a complex economic outlook for 2023.

People attend a 'March for Europe' in support of the country's membership in the European Union, in Tbilisi, Georgia, 20 June 2022.
Georgia
Tamar Kekenadze

Georgian Government fails Country’s Historic EU Membership Candidacy Bid, What’s Next?

Today, the European Council announced the long-awaited conclusions on the EU Membership candidacy Status for Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia – “The European Council decided to grant Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova the status of candidate countries; The European Council stands ready to grant Georgia candidate status once the priorities set out in the Commission's opinion on Georgia's application for membership have been resolved.”

Georgien: Der ukrainische Präsident Volodymyr Zelenskyy spricht zum Volk
War in Europe
Tinatin Khidasheli

Is Georgia Russia's next target?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is also awakening new fears and concerns in other former Soviet republics. Example: Georgia, where Russian soldiers had already invaded at Putin's command in 2008. Former Georgian Defense Minister Tinatin Khidasheli (2015 - 2016), who has been connected to the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for many years, analyzes the situation.

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Migration
Odilia Abreu

Migration EU policymaking at the Mediterranean: The Achilles heel?

At the end of last year, the European Commission stepped up its efforts to address the challenges concerning the migration management in the Mediterranean in publishing the “EU Action plan for the Central Mediterranean”.

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#Europe

Europe and Mexico's Bajio Region

The trade relationship between Mexico and the European Union, which for more than two decades has been conducted under the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Mexico, the EU-Mexico FTA, is of great importance for both parties. Read more about the potential future of the relationship in our policy paper.

Lawyers for former European Parliament Vice-President Eva Kaili, Michalis Dimitrakopoulos, center right, and Andre Risopoulos, center left, speak with the media at the courthouse in Brussels, Thursday
EU-Parlament
Jules Maaten

Follow the money in "Qatargate"

The noose of accusations against top European politicians is tightening. For a few days in mid-December, new reports came to light every day that discredited the European Union's only institution with direct democratic legitimacy, the European Parliament. The damage is considerable. If the European Union does not want to lose the last trust of its citizens to the already existing Euroscepticism, it must act quickly and reform its institutions to counteract the image of an elitist and self-enriching political caste.

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Migration
María José Salcedo

Intercultural Cities: The Future of Integration Policies in Mexico?

Las Ciudades Interculturales son una plataforma que conectan ciudades y líderes a nivel mundial en una comunidad donde las iniciativas y buenas prácticas de una ciudad se analizan para inspirar a otras. Las ciudades que forman parte de dicho programa pueden ganar del emprendimiento y la creatividad, viendo la diversidad como un mecanismo de formulación de políticas que faciliten la interacción intercultural y la inclusión. ¿Qué puede aprender México?

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War in Europe
Maximilian Luz Reinhardt Tetiana Shyrochenko

Life on the back burner: How Ukraine's food industry survives without light

The Russian missile attacks have left Ukraine's energy infrastructure in ruins. This is having a particularly severe impact on civilian life in Ukraine. However, Russia's new war doctrine also poses an existential threat to the Ukrainian food industry and the general food supply. Despite the danger to life and limb, the destroyed infrastructure, the interrupted logistics and the shortage of labour, the companies managed to adapt and work under these conditions, as an analysis by our experts Maximilian Luz Reinhardt and Tetyana Ustymenko reveals.

Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger meets Slovak President Zuzana Caputova after parliament passed a vote of no confidence in his government at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava
Slovakia
Barbora Krempaská

Slovakia in chaos before Christmas: the collapse of the government is only the beginning

In Slovakia, the conservative-populist minority government of Prime Minister Eduard Heger has been brought down by a vote of no confidence. President Zuzana Čaputová dismissed the government the following day. However, the political crisis in Slovakia is far from over. Apart from the fact that Slovakia does not yet have an approved budget for next year, early elections are now likely to be held, the outcome of which could change Slovakia's foreign policy direction from West to East.

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