conflict areas

  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, speaking at the EU-Canada summit in Montreal in the presence of Prime Minister Mark Carney, proposed that Canada become an associate member of the European Union. Enlargement has always been central to European integration. Its greatest success was admitting the Central European countries after they threw off […]

  Chokepoints play crucial roles and deserve careful consideration. This applies to various situations, ranging from individual circumstances to interactions among businesses, local and regional authorities, and especially rivalries between major powers. In the latter case, these involve the control of supply chains, access to markets, infrastructure, trade routes, strategic locations and military mobility. The […]