Amid growing geopolitical turmoil, European leaders have become more candid about the weak points in Europe’s defences. Emmanuel Macron’s speech in Davos, warning of a global move away from rules and international law, reflects a sober reading of where the continent stands. But there is one vulnerability that remains largely absent from these debates, despite […]
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Multiple governments, most notably the EU, have called for changes and reforms to the current approach towards safeguarding foreign investments. However, the absence of a common agreement among experts and social activists on how the replacement should look like means the so desired reforms are lagging behind. Besides, having received no support from major geopolitical
Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin is a popular Russian political scientist, well known for his far-right radical views.[1] Eurasianist, Russian imperialist, Shaman of Russian nationalism, Putin`s Rasputin and Bearded madman: these are only a few of his nicknames. He became known to the western world following his famous statement during the Russo-Georgian war: “Our troops will occupy
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Harri Tiido, Estonian ambassador to Poland, former ambassador of Estonia to NATO, statesman and journalist, visited Natolin on the 17th of February to brief the students on the many challenges of the Baltic region. He agreed to sit with the Natolin blog’s Simone Benazzo and Valentin Luntumbue to talk about NATO, Russia and Estonian politics.
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The 27th of January Edward Lucas, senior editor at The Economist, visited the College of Europe to deliver a lecture on the current state of media and on journalism. After sharing his experience with the students and answering their questions, he agreed to sit with us for a short interview in which we talked about
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The College of Europe at Natolin is always festooned with flags. Yet there is a flag, very familiar to me in my previous life, which I seem never to see here. It is the flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It hung in pride of place in my old university common room. In
