Geopolitics

Peace, diplomacy and keeping fossil fuel in the ground can still prevail in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Does the authors’ vision of a coming planetary sovereignty – or of the alternatives – still hold?

Its remit may be global health but the World Health Organization is not immune to growing world power rivalry.

In a region that is no stranger to instability, neither the EU’s existing Eastern Partnership programme nor its ambiguous accession process will cut it.

To emerge as a resilient and formidable geopolitical power, member states need an effective and coordinated EU foreign policy.

As China uses the crisis to extend its influence, Europe needs ambitious policies for economic recovery if it wants to be a relevant global player.

For foreign policy analysts, the Covid-19 pandemic represents another twist in the winding path of EU-China relations.

PiS has led Poland on a course characterised by Euroscepticism and the erosion of democracy. Two issues will shape Poland’s future: energy policy and relations with Ukraine.

The European Green Deal is being pursued as an economic matter. In a geopolitical world, it needs to be geopoliticised.

While the future of enlargement is unclear within the EU, in Ukraine the push to move closer to the EU and NATO has kept momentum.