Everyone’s off to a Warsaw under scrutiny
NATO summit is to be held in Warsaw on 8 and 9 July. The EU has instigated into the Polish government for ‘systematically threatening’ the rule of law.
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Is China a market economy?
China believes it has the right to Market Economy Status (MES) at the WTO automatically. The EU’s so-called ‘anti-dumping front’ does not see it this way.
Careful about making Russia the enemy
Can a country like Russia really be an enemy for the EU, for the European members of NATO and the US? The answer seems negative.
Is Hugo Chávez still there?
The chaos has reached unimaginable dimensions after Hugo Chávez's “physical departure” and the arrival, orchestrated by the deceased, of Nicolás Maduro.
Why people join ISIS
Why do young European-Arab Muslims, and converts, go to join the Islamic State (ISIS or Daesh) to fight or sacrifice themselves?
Woman with leadership skills needed for complex global organisation
It seems the time may have come for one of the most difficult diplomatic jobs on the planet, that of UN Secretary-General, to go to a woman.
The plot against Europe
Are we in the midst of a plot against Europe, à la Philip Roth? Imagine Presidents Trump in Washington, Le Pen in Paris and Putin in Moscow.
Obama, the nuclear weaponising deweaponiser
The Obama Administration has embarked on an intensive and costly nuclear modernisation programme, and on a new nuclear weapons race with Russia and China.
And Western protectionism came to pass…in a world of digital flows
It seems that the Western countries have entered in a protectionism phase. The omens are not good for wide-ranging international trade deals.
Tax evasion and avoidance: a global problem
The revelations of the so-called Panama papers have again brought to the fore the problems generated by tax evasion and tax havens.
Brexit: possible political disasters
It is commonplace to talk more about the economic impact, but a British exit from the EU (so-called Brexit) could lead to a variety of political disasters.