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  • 16 Dec 2024
    • Europe

    Romania’s presidential election triggers uncertainty for Europe, Ukraine and its allies

    Catherine Wilson
    Allegations of Russian interference in a surprise result has led to an election re-run and a reminder of political ghosts.
  • 2 Dec 2024
    • Europe

    Tunnels and trains: The megaprojects reshaping Europe’s economy

    Grant Wyeth
    Efficiency comes at a cost, however.
  • 20 Nov 2024
    • Cyber Security
    • Europe

    NATO’s best-laid subsea cable security plans

    Cynthia Mehboob
    The latest suspected attack indicates NATO needs a new cable protection strategy for European waters.
  • 6 Nov 2024
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Moldova and Georgia serve as geopolitical bellwethers

    Adam Simpson
    With the two countries on diverging paths after recent elections, the choice appears to be between Russia and the West.
  • 8 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe

    Does Finland’s "total defence" doctrine hold lessons for Australia?

    Grant Wyeth
    Liberal democracy doesn’t defend itself. The Finns know a thing or two about protecting it.
  • 16 Sep 2024
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Europe
    • Multiculturalism

    Has Sweden lost the art of walking the talk?

    Grant Wyeth
    An innovative national education system that assists migrants in their native language has raised questions about integration.
  • 30 Aug 2024
    • China
    • Europe
    • Russia

    Is Russia really European anymore?

    Evan Freidin
    Cut off from the West, Russia is making a turn to Asia. But this leaves a cultural wound.
  • 31 Jul 2024
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Charging up: Europe’s bid for renewable energy independence

    Nina Marković Khaze
    A new deal with Serbia for one of the world's largest lithium mines is about breaking China’s stranglehold on the market.
  • 24 Jul 2024
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Ukraine
    • United Kingdom

    Good vibes only: Can Starmer make the European Political Community work?

    Elizabeth Ames
    Europe’s newest strategic forum has the chance to rally regional leaders around common defence and security challenges.
  • 12 Jul 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe

    NATO’s collective power – and Australia’s role

    Jane Hardy
    Moscow should be alarmed.
  • 9 Jul 2024
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • Europe

    China-Taiwan, and a Vatican conversion

    Abhishank Mishra , Ananya Sharma
    A shift in diplomatic recognition by the head of the Catholic church would carry global consequences.
  • 8 Jul 2024
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe

    The NATO summit in Washington will be critical to Australia’s interests

    Jane Hardy
    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese should have gone.
  • 5 Jul 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe

    Four key influences on the evolution of the Ukraine War in 2025

    Mick Ryan
    Ukraine, Russia and NATO are already considering their strategy for the military campaigns of 2025.
  • 9 May 2024
    • China
    • Europe

    Serbia is all aboard for the China ride

    Nina Marković Khaze
    Xi Jinping’s visit to Belgrade was reminiscent of the days in Communist Yugoslavia when comrades would visit Tito.
  • 12 Apr 2024
    • Europe
    • Middle East

    Erdogan's election blow will shape Türkiye's foreign policy

    Temmuz Yiğit Bezmez
    Other than continuing to promote its economic interests, four recent developments illuminate the priorities of Türkiye's foreign policy.
  • 27 Mar 2024
    • China
    • Europe
    • Technology
    • United States

    China and the great global AI governance divide

    Benjamin Herscovitch
    Beijing already has at its disposal multiple means to shape how the world approaches this technological revolution.
  • 15 Mar 2024
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade
    • Europe
    • Germany
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Shipping and the great shrinking waterways

    Selwyn Parker
    With droughts a more regular feature due to climate change, the globe needs a big rethink on supply chains.
  • 22 Feb 2024
    • Europe
    • Sex and Gender

    Out of the shadows: Women as partners resisting oppression

    Angela G. Palmer
    Yulia Navalnaya – widow of Alexey Navalny – follows in the steps of other brave women forced in sorrow to carry on a political cause.
  • 29 Jan 2024
    • Europe

    The powerlessness of the powerful

    Marcus Colla
    Geert Wilders’ victory might be a sign Europe’s populists are a far more diverse and supple group than their critics are willing to recognise.
  • 6 Dec 2023
    • Europe
    • International law
    • Review

    The Fix: A death in Malta

    Jim Nolan
    Uncovering the murky business of corruption and graft too often puts journalists’ lives at risk.
  • 6 Dec 2023
    • Europe
    • Review

    Tales from the magic circle

    Marcus Colla
    A new book explores how post-war Europe’s waves of counterculture and activism transformed the notion of revolution.
  • 15 Nov 2023
    • Europe
    • Coronavirus
    • Recommendations

    The Fix: On the origin of species

    Richard McGregor
    Your weekly Interpreter feature about issues, resources and helpful distractions that might otherwise be missed.
  • 2 Nov 2023
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • United States

    Ukraine: 2024 headwinds

    Mick Ryan
    A country already severely tested will face challenges in politics, maintaining global attention, and ensuring the necessities of war.
  • 1 Nov 2023
    • India
    • India's Economy
    • Europe
    • Europe's Economy
    • Trade
    • Middle East
    • Iran
    • Israel
    • Saudi Arabia
    • United Arab Emirates
    • United States
    • US Economy

    History repeats: A new (old) economic corridor emerges

    Ved Shinde
    Renewed connectivity between India, the Middle East and Europe shows how maps are temporary, but geography persists.
  • 29 Sep 2023
    • Europe
    • Review

    The decline of Europe: “Rage, rage, against the dying of the light”

    Mark Pierce
    From the early signs of decay to the recent downwards turn, Europe’s trajectory is captured with pen and voice.
  • 30 Aug 2023
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • International law
    • United Nations
    • War Crimes

    Europe’s last war

    Ian Kemish
    Remembering the Bosnian conflict of 30 years ago to compare how the world responds to Russia’s war on Ukraine today.
  • 8 May 2023
    • Europe
    • Global Issues

    Lessons in sorrow: Serbia needs a gun buyback after mass shootings

    Valentina Pavlovic
    Australia’s example has shown decisive action can galvanise and protect a community in the wake of tragedy.
  • 14 Apr 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Europe

    No Albo at NATO, no worries

    Patrick Triglavcanin
    Australia’s diplomatic effort has been in overdrive. That doesn’t change by not sending a minister to Vilnius.
  • 22 Feb 2023
    • China
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Wang Yi’s fruitless diplomacy in Europe

    Michael Clarke
    Beijing misunderstands that Russia’s war in Ukraine – and China’s failure to condemn it – has vastly changed views.
  • 31 Jan 2023
    • Europe
    • European Union

    Europe: Crossing the East-West divide

    Roderick Parkes
    A new alignment challenges France and Germany as drivers of European politics – offering Britain a chance for influence.
  • 13 Dec 2022
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Trade
    • Global Issues
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus
    • Environment
    • Transnational Challenges
    • The Americas

    2022: A global turning point

    Ian Hill
    Looking at trends and contours that have coalesced this year to make international politics more contested and unpredictable.
  • 22 Nov 2022
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Russia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Europe must fully embrace nuclear energy

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    With Russia’s stranglehold on the region’s energy, it is time to add a second shade of green.
  • 31 Aug 2022
    • Europe
    • Russia

    Mikhail Gorbachev: The last revolutionary

    Marcus Colla
    Ambitious Soviet reformer whose political career was defined by “perestroika”.
  • 22 Aug 2022
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Six months of war in Ukraine: Europe’s life and fate

    Marcus Colla
    Emotions have inevitably subsided but support for Ukraine remains resolute – enough to dismay Putin-loving populists.
  • 15 Aug 2022
    • Australia
    • Europe

    Norway’s 30 minutes with the PM

    Daniel Flitton
    Norway’s ambassador takes a moment in his last week in Canberra to explain what he would tell Anthony Albanese.
  • 1 Aug 2022
    • Europe

    On water matters: the fate Baltic ferries tell of global order

    Grant Wyeth
    Modern life can hold some inconvenient lessons – for those willing to search them out.
  • 30 Jun 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Public Opinion

    War fatigue in the West

    Bermet Talant
    The democratic world passed the compassion test for Ukraine. Now it faces the real challenge.
  • 27 May 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Ukraine

    Ukraine: The view from Warsaw

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    More than offering neighbourly support, Poland wants to ensure Russia suffers a strategic defeat.
  • 21 Mar 2022
    • Europe

    As Hungary nears an election, Brussels and Moscow will be watching

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    Viktor Orbán looks likely to win re-election and continue posing problems for European policymakers.
  • 10 Mar 2022
    • Europe
    • United States
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Ukraine: The United States re-establishes its credentials

    Erin Hurley
    Against the backdrop of Putin’s invasion, Biden’s ability to rally allies is winning support.
  • 28 Feb 2022
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Energy
    • Ukraine

    Russia’s war will hasten the drive for clean energy security

    Frank Jotzo
    Wind and solar is not only zero-emissions – it’s local. And that will cut Europe’s dependence on Russian gas and oil.
  • 27 Jan 2022
    • Europe
    • Technology

    Power plays: the growing competition to fuel energy transitions

    Nina Marković Khaze
    Serbia’s decision to cancel a lithium mine in the face of environmental outcry underscores a modern economic challenge.
  • 14 Jan 2022
    • Europe
    • Australia
    • Migration
    • Coronavirus

    Novak Djokovic – a symbol for anti-vaxxers?

    Nikola Mikovic
    The ruling to deport the tennis ace could hamper his career but transform him into a different type of star.
  • 11 Jan 2022
    • Europe
    • Australia
    • Migration
    • Coronavirus

    When no shots are heard around the world

    Warwick McFadyen
    The saga of Novak Djokovic’s visa has galvanised global attention – with a result that still hangs in the balance.
  • 20 Dec 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • United States
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    European security: Putin ups the ante with NATO

    Ian Hill
    Why is Moscow making proposals it must know are unacceptable?
  • 17 Nov 2021
    • Europe

    A brewing crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Samantha Wong
    Ethnic and political frictions haven’t disappeared and threaten to turn deadly.
  • 10 Nov 2021
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Migration

    The forest for the trees: trouble at the Poland-Belarus border

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    A migrant crisis is the next episode in an ongoing Russian and Belarusian project to undercut the European Union.
  • 22 Oct 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • European Union

    “Strategic autonomy” is more dangerous for Europe than AUKUS

    Benjamin Tallis
    Breaking from the United States would militarise the European Union to the extent that it would become unrecognisable.
  • 11 Oct 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • Australia
    • France

    Subs: Australia’s reputation overboard

    Richard Ogier
    In Europe, and not only in France, the image of Australia has suffered a direct hit.
  • 2 Sep 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • South China Sea
    • European Union
    • Germany
    • United Kingdom
    • France

    Europe and the South China Sea 

    Loro Horta
    More warships in disputed waters may cause instability. But the presence of navies from afar sends a clear message, too.
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