As Russia accelerates its annexation of “frozen conflict” regions, the EU must enhance its policy to counter Moscow’s ...

The Trump administration has made clear its distain for the multilateral system. As it reviews US participation, Europeans ...

Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump have announced a 15% tariff on most EU goods exported to the US. The compromise has ...

Bulgaria celebrated its entry into the euro zone this month, but inside the country, opposition figures are being arrested ...

Democratic decay in Bulgaria Mark Leonard welcomes Vessela Tcherneva and Maria Simeonova, to discuss the deteriorating political situation in Bulgaria ...

The main components of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreed on 14 July between Iran and the E3+3 (that is, France, Germany, the UK, China, the US and Russia) is summarised below. An ...

The deadline is looming for Britain, France and Germany to decide whether to reimpose sanctions on Iran. They are right to ...

British prime minister Keir Starmer’s successful ‘reset’ with Europe highlights an underlying incoherence. The only rational ...

As Israel and Hamas edge toward a ceasefire, shifts are under way in both: Hamas is quietly opening up to decommissioning and Israel’s security elite is realising military victory is a myth.

Rogue NATO: The new face of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation The SCO is often seen as the anti-NATO, but Putin will struggle to convince the other members – especially the Central Asian states – ...