When U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, Europe faced a choice. As Trump made draconian demands for greater European defense spending, threatened European exports with sweeping new tariffs, and challenged long-held European values on democracy and the rule of law, European leaders could either assume a …

An analysis of the forgotten aspects of the Dayton Peace Agreement: human rights as a basis for a just and lasting peace and their importance for the peace talks in Ukraine Sunday 14 December marks the 30th anniversary of the formal ratification of the General Framework Agreement for Peace or …

The revolutionaries who entered Damascus wasted little time before beginning to reorganise and restructure Syria’s domestic policies. After the “Military Operations Administration” secured the capital and protected public property, it announced that the new government would begin its work as soon as it was formed. While news of the ousted …