Report of the activity of the European Parliament and the Council of the EU regarding external relations – May 23rd / June 13th

European Parliament From the 6th till the 9th of June in Strasbourg the Plenary meetings took place. The focus was mainly in the approval of the “Fit for 55” plan.…

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War in Ukraine: What EU and the West can expect from the future threats?

As was expected by the USA, in the end, Putin has decided to start a large-scale military operation against Ukraine, bringing a new war in the European continent. The reasons…

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Taiwan and China: between confrontation and cooperation

  On 9 January 2021, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lifted the self-imposed restrictions to American diplomats in relation with Taiwan[1]. These measures had been taken in 1979 after…

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Nagorno-Karabakh: origins, peace process, and awakening of a “frozen conflict”

    Nagorno-Karabakh, Nagorny-Karabakh, or the Artsakh Republic, is an autonomous region of the former Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the fifteenth that formed the USSR. Today, it belongs to…

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La nécessaire intégration de la défense européenne au sein de l’OTAN

Le 2 juin 2020, Jens Stoltenberg, Secrétaire général de l’OTAN, déclarait vouloir renforcer politiquement l’Alliance transatlantique. Celle-ci ne devrait plus seulement renforcer sa coopération militaire, mais aussi son intégration politique…

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Special economic zones as factors of socio-economic development in Africa

Introduction Recent geo-economic challenges combined with China's global rise have led to a rethink of international trade, which sees the African continent at the center of new geo-economic interests; as…

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