Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

  In March 2000, European Union leaders launched the Lisbon Strategy, an ambitious vision to make the EU the world’s most competitive economy by 2010. The goal was to foster a knowledge-based economy and a seamless internal market. Since then, the commitment has been repeated like a mantra – but the target date has continually been […]

  The tragedy of the Syrian people, which began in 2011, continues in horrifying ways. The war, which displaced a third of the country’s population and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, has evolved through various phases involving internal factions and foreign actors. Syria became a battlefield for local, regional and great power interests. Western […]

  Russia is increasingly losing its grip on some of the former members of the Soviet Union in the Caucasus, the Caspian basin and Central Asia. This gives rise to new scenarios. China is very interested, which is certainly not in Europe’s interest. However, Turkiye, a true regional power, is also gaining influence in these […]

  Last week, the budgetary initiative of United States President Donald Trump’s administration, dubbed the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” was successfully passed into law. This development prompts us to reflect on the current state of global economies, even as the intense criticism surrounding the bill may be misguided. Looking at macroeconomic data, it becomes obvious […]

Some Western capitals appear to nourish hopes that it might be possible to drive a wedge between Russia and China – an inversion of what President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger achieved in the 1970s when aligning with China against the Soviet Union. Russia is both a European and an Asian country, stretching across 11 […]