From my bookshelf | 24.05.2022 Will traditional wars become rarer? While the war in Ukraine brutally illustrates the costs of conventional warfare, non-military means are gaining a strategic role in conflicts
From my bookshelf | 29.06.2021 The future of Europe is here Even though there is much to criticise about the EU, Geert Mak’s 'The Dream of Europe', shows that we have come a long way
Europe | 04.12.2019 A truly geopolitical EU Commission? Rather than playing geopolitical games itself, von der Leyen’s Commission should be critical of the very notion of geopolitics
Will Hezbollah surrender their weapons? Calls to disarm Hezbollah are mounting — but lasting peace is impossible without a Lebanese state that can reclaim real sovereignty over its own land
Innovation nation Europe’s future growth and democratic stability depend on universities stepping up their innovation game
What the African continent teaches us about democracy The coups and crises are the breaking point of a flawed model, not the end of the democratic project