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  • 16 hours ago
    • European Union
    • Technology
    • United States

    Meta power move is about more than fact checking

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    We can expect more pushback from US tech companies towards national governments – but will this also come with official US government support?
  • 20 Nov 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • European Union

    Has the time finally come for a European defence?

    Eglantine Staunton
    Talk might be finally giving way to action. Maybe.
  • 15 Oct 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Malaysia
    • European Union
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    The ripple effects of EU deforestation laws in Southeast Asia

    Mohd. Yunus
    The region's palm oil industry needs to move with the times. But meeting the challenges will take a group effort.
  • 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.
  • 22 Jul 2024
    • China
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union

    A weaker Europe on China – at the worst time

    Dominique Fraser
    European governments increasingly wary of the popular turn against incumbents will be more susceptible to economic inducements and pressure from Beijing.
  • 15 Jul 2024
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union
    • United Kingdom
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Trade
    • WTO

    What next for UK trade relations with the EU?

    Justin Brown
    The ushering in of new blood in Westminster promises less ideology on trade, but no fewer red lines.
  • 25 Jun 2024
    • China
    • European Union
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • Technology
    • United States

    Tariffs, data security and global collaboration: Navigating the geopolitics of electric vehicles

    Marina Yue Zhang
    Protectionism isn’t going to help with meeting global climate ambitions.
  • 18 Apr 2024
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Trade
    • Climate change
    • Pacific Islands

    Is the EU Australia’s blind spot in the Indo-Pacific?

    Anne McNaughton , Frédéric Grare
    In region worried about militarisation, what is perceived as the EU’s weakness by Australia may be its main strength.
  • 15 Apr 2024
    • Caucasus
    • European Union
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • United Kingdom

    Russia conundrum in the Caucasus and beyond

    Nikola Mikovic
    Once a de facto leader in the post-Soviet space, Moscow is now falling outside the friend zone in its own backyard.
  • 18 Mar 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • European Union
    • Türkiye
    • United States

    The ripple effects of NATO expansion

    William Gourlay
    Türkiye’s approval of Sweden’s entry into the treaty alliance has led to improved US–Turkish relations.
  • 19 Feb 2024
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Trade
    • Environment

    Kicking up a stink: Europe’s farmers, like those in Australia, are counting costs

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    International turmoil is having mixed political consequences both near and far.
  • 15 Nov 2023
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • United Kingdom
    • Technology
    • United States

    The Bletchley Park artificial intelligence summit: Good optics, less substance

    José-Miguel Bello y Villarino , Kimberlee Weatherall
    A jumbled collection of commonplace platitudes does not a remarkable outcome make.
  • 30 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Trade

    Dashed hopes for Australia, Europe still has blind spots on trade

    Justin Brown
    The collapse of FTA negotiations illustrates that protectionist sentiment is still powerful in the bloc.
  • 19 Oct 2023
    • China
    • European Union
    • Energy
    • Trade

    China’s car exports pose a key question to policymakers: Compete or protect?

    Robert Walker
    How they respond will have implications for consumers and the climate.
  • 31 Jul 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union
    • Germany

    Berlin’s economic “de-risking” model could be Europe's answer to the Taiwan question

    Karl Ragas
    Germany's aim is not to “decouple” from China, but to reduce its exposure to risk. And the potential winner is Taipei.
  • 18 Jul 2023
    • European Union
    • Digital Disruption
    • International law
    • Technology
    • Transnational Challenges

    Regulating artificial intelligence: How the EU just got us closer

    Melinda Rankin
    In these times of high-tech angst, a new draft Act passed in the European Parliament sets the scene for the future of AI.
  • 8 Jun 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Geo-economics
    • IMF
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Duelling D-words to delineate China

    Greg Earl
    Australia seems to be treading carefully around the G7’s agreement to de-risk dependence on the region’s biggest economy.
  • 17 May 2023
    • China
    • European Union
    • France
    • Germany

    Europe’s divisions over China could hamper G-7 unity

    Dominique Fraser
    If European capitals, Brussels, and Washington are not aligned, immediate economic interests will overshadow common, long-term goals.
  • 13 Apr 2023
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • European Union
    • France

    Taiwan: Far from lost in translation, Macron said exactly what he meant

    David Vallance
    The French President’s comments are the latest example of his consistent call for Europe to set its own path.
  • 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.
  • 11 Jan 2023
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union
    • Trade
    • Climate change

    Crossing the carbon border

    Stephen Minas
    International trade is skewed in favour of exporters who pay less for carbon emissions. The EU wants to change that.
  • 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.
  • 3 Nov 2022
    • China
    • European Union
    • Germany

    Make or break: Scholz’ Beijing business

    Dominique Fraser
    What happens in Europe won’t stay in Europe. Rifts on China risk common understanding with partners, Australia included.
  • 10 Oct 2022
    • Australia's Trade
    • European Union
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Free Trade
    • Trade

    EU in the driver’s seat on Indo-Pacific trade deals

    Justin Brown
    Is the New Zealand–European Union free trade agreement an omen for Australia’s negotiations?
  • 1 Sep 2022
    • European Union
    • Germany
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    A new solidarity? Olaf Scholz on the future of Europe

    Marcus Colla
    Acknowledging the continent’s centre is “moving eastwards” marked the German chancellor’s address as visionary, of sorts.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 18 May 2022
    • United States
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Technology

    A required update for the EU-US Trade and Tech Council

    Mercedes Page
    As authoritarian challenges loom, more transatlantic cooperation on technology should be welcome news for Australia.
  • 9 May 2022
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia's Economy
    • European Union
    • United Kingdom
    • France

    The time is right for Australia to forge stronger ties with Europe

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    A new world has created new opportunities in energy, security and diplomacy that Canberra should grab without delay.
  • 3 May 2022
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Ukraine

    European neutrality is dying out

    Daniel Woker
    Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has transformed future security policy arrangements to Russia’s detriment.
  • 9 Mar 2022
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Ukraine

    A rebirth of the European Union in the shadow of the Ukraine invasion

    Eglantine Staunton
    Has Vladimir Putin achieved precisely what he hoped not to?
  • 4 Mar 2022
    • Migration
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Human rights
    • Ukraine

    Europe triggers “temporary protection” for Ukraine war refugees

    Jane McAdam
    Those fleeing will not be forced into the cumbersome and complicated process that normally awaits those seeking asylum.
  • 4 Mar 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Global Economy
    • China
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Back in the USSR – surprises in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

    Tim Harcourt
    It’d be funny, if it wasn’t so deadly serious.
  • 2 Mar 2022
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Ukraine

    How long will Europe’s generosity towards Ukraine’s refugees last?

    Khalid Koser
    With potentially five million people displaced, the semantics of temporary protection vs refugee status become critical.
  • 1 Feb 2022
    • Sustainability
    • European Union
    • Climate change
    • France

    How to speak green: Europe’s new energy taxonomy

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    A stoush about sustainable energy criteria reveals tensions, anxieties – and increasing French influence.
  • 9 Dec 2021
    • China
    • European Union

    Europe is finally getting serious about China

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    The Global Gateway and Germany’s new government suggests trouble ahead for EU-China relations.
  • 18 Nov 2021
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Energy
    • Germany

    Nord Stream 2: Will you go to the Gazprom with me?

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    The latest ructions over the Russian pipeline should lead Europe to hasten a turn away from gas to renewable energy.
  • 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.
  • 27 Oct 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • India
    • Japan
    • European Union

    AUKUS? Quad? FOIP? A fragmented approach cannot counter China

    Yatharth Kachiar , Priya Vijaykumar Poojary
    Only a coherent policy for the Indo-Pacific will work. The West needs to offer a strong economic balance to Beijing.
  • 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.
  • 19 Oct 2021
    • United States
    • European Union
    • France

    Europe’s time to find its superpower

    Emilian Kavalski , Nicholas Ross Smith
    AUKUS was the final reminder that European leaders need to make a break from reliance on US security on the continent.
  • 8 Oct 2021
    • European Union
    • Germany

    Germany and Europe: “Ampel” time for reform

    Marcus Colla
    The Merkel model may no longer be fit for purpose in a rapidly evolving European Union.
  • 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.
  • 31 Aug 2021
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Ukraine

    Lukashenko running on empty

    Ian Hill
    Belligerent and unpredictable, Belarus’ president is still an ongoing source of angst for Moscow and its neighbours.
  • 24 Aug 2021
    • Europe
    • Migration
    • European Union

    Europe turns away from asylum-seekers

    Dominic Simonelli
    Covid saw fewer refugees on the move but numbers could soon rise. Those needing help deserve to be treated with dignity.
  • 21 Jun 2021
    • Europe
    • United States
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Germany
    • United Kingdom
    • France

    Believing Biden

    Daniel Woker
    The US President has persuaded European allies of his values-based policy. But will such faith carry home?
  • 3 Jun 2021
    • United States
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Energy
    • Germany

    Nord Stream 2: Assessing Russia’s “serious geopolitical victory”

    Nikola Mikovic
    The US has realised the energy pipeline is nearly completed. But that might not be the end of the opposition.
  • 10 May 2021
    • China
    • European Union

    A breadcrumb trail as Europe responds to a rising China

    Anita Inder Singh
    With an EU Indo-Pacific strategy in the works, finding common ground in security and foreign policy remains a challenge.
  • 10 Mar 2021
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Coronavirus

    Covid vaccines: Charity begins at home

    David Ritchie
    Italy’s block on a vaccine shipment to Australia looks suspiciously like Europe’s version of the “America first” policy.
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