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
Who owns the green transition? Europe’s decarbonisation policies risk deepening inequality unless labour is placed at their centre
Can the US afford to leave NATO? NATO may no longer suit America’s neo-isolationists — but leaving the Alliance would exact a price history has yet to calculate
Endgame regime change? Many believe that a new regime will automatically fix Iran’s crises. But without civic education and social reform, democracy won’t stand