A Guarantee of Security for Europe

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Photo by Ahmet Yüksek on Unsplash To successfully counter Russia’s imperial ambitions, Europe will need the same security guarantees that the United States currently provides. Friedrich Merz, the newly elected Chancellor of Germany, has stated that his top priority will be to rapidly strengthen Europe to achieve real independence from the United States. French President…

Pause, Freeze or Continue Aggression?

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Photo by Olga Zakharchenko on Unsplash Russia is aiming to resolve their “Ukrainian issue” by 2026 to reallocate resources for expanding its aggression against the European Union (EU) and NATO member states. Numerous political and military analysts, as well as various European intelligence agencies, share this assessment. Should the war against Ukraine continue for another…

Space Debris: Is It a Crisis?

The European Space Agency (ESA) has today published its annual space environment report. The Earth is surrounded by spacecraft carrying out important work to study our planet’s changing climate, deliver global communication and navigation services and help us answer important scientific questions. But some of their orbits are getting crowded and increasingly churning with deadly,…

Stand Up in Solidarity

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Photo by Miha Rekar on Unsplash Ukrainian civil society actors joined forces with European policymakers to discuss the role of civil society and Trade Unions in the resistance “against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.” The discussions at a conference in Brussels come as US President Donald Trump continues to pile increasing pressure on Ukrainians to hand…

Aviation’s Most Ambitious Retrofit

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The airline Emirates has announced a major retrofitting of its fleet, said to be the aviation industry’s most ambitious retrofit undertaking yet. It says that it will introduce Boeing 777s with upgraded cabins to eight more destinations on its route network, as the airline’s retrofit programme continues with an aircraft receiving its nose-to-tail facelift and…