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Global health diplomacy in a post-Covid world

June 30, 2025

Canal Istanbul: balancing development and security

June 27, 2025

Community-driven poverty solutions in China

June 26, 2025

☢️ Poland's push for NATO nuclear sharing is response to Russian aggression

June 25, 2025

Recognising war: Gaza’s occupation and the Israel-Iran conflict

June 24, 2025

June 30, 2025

Global health diplomacy in a post-Covid world

Global health diplomacy, once a cornerstone of soft power and international cooperation, stands at a crossroads. Recent upheavals – such as the US retreat from the World Health Organization – are challenging its role. Amid geopolitical tensions and biological threats, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan explores why global health diplomacy remains indispensable, and how rising powers like China and India can reshape the landscape

June 27, 2025

Canal Istanbul: balancing development and security

Turkey's proposed new waterway, 'Canal Istanbul', would connect the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara. Sezen Kaya Sönmez describes how the project is about more than just transport, but has geopolitical, ecological, and climate aspects. Digging a new maritime corridor, she argues, threatens environmental resilience, regional stability, and long-term security

June 26, 2025

Community-driven poverty solutions in China

China’s poverty alleviation is often credited to central planning. But Zhiqi Xu shows how a centrally connected organisation created a grassroots eco-tourism model. Here, she reveals how community-driven solutions can gain ground in a top-down system

June 25, 2025

☢️ Poland's push for NATO nuclear sharing is response to Russian aggression

Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, Poland is making an unprecedented push to join NATO’s nuclear sharing programme. Monika Sus argues that, as Poland’s threat perception rises, its defence strategy evolves and NATO’s deterrence posture shifts, the debate over nuclear deterrence is gaining momentum

June 24, 2025

Recognising war: Gaza’s occupation and the Israel-Iran conflict

From Atatürk’s homeland — where 'peace at home, peace in the world' still resonates — Süleyman Güngör argues that Gaza is Palestinian land. The violence there, and between Israel and Iran, we must recognise as war under international law — and urgently bring it to an end

June 24, 2025

Trump’s attack on Iran and the logic of America First

Does military intervention against Iran contradict Trump’s America First ideology? Ruairidh Brown argues it, in fact, is a textbook case of Trump’s Machiavellian philosophy

June 23, 2025

🧭 How the European Parliament can shape enlargement

Often dismissed as a procedural bystander in EU enlargement, the European Parliament holds underused tools to shape outcomes — from budgetary leverage to informal diplomacy. Lien Jansen argues that the European Parliament can act strategically — if internal cohesion and inter-institutional cooperation align. Its latent power matters more than ever in today’s geopolitical climate

June 20, 2025

The EU-UK fisheries deal: still plenty of fish?

The new EU-UK fisheries agreement has attracted criticism for granting EU trawlers 12 more years' access to UK waters. Morgiane Noel argues we should view the deal in the broader context of EU-UK carbon markets, and the green transition

June 19, 2025

Joint Ukraine-EU defence is a strategic win for both

Maksym Beznosiuk argues that Ukraine’s defence production has grown, yet remains underutilised. With EU support, joint projects could sustain Ukraine’s war effort and advance the EU’s strategic autonomy. Closer cooperation, legal alignment, and targeted investment can strengthen Ukraine’s capabilities and contribute to the EU's defence readiness

June 18, 2025

Is democracy being eroded from within?

Declining public trust in political institutions raises concerns that citizens may turn away from democratic forms of decision-making. Recent cases of democratic backsliding seem to confirm this fear. Yet, as Ben Seyd argues, there is little evidence that declining trust impels citizens to embrace autocratic forms of decision-making

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Global health diplomacy in a post-Covid world

Canal Istanbul: balancing development and security

Community-driven poverty solutions in China

☢️ Poland's push for NATO nuclear sharing is response to Russian aggression

Recognising war: Gaza’s occupation and the Israel-Iran conflict

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