President Macron in his Second Sorbonne Speech emphasised that the EU needs to increase investment and innovation and simplify regulations significantly. The presented vision of the future of Europe will constitute an essential framework for the debate on the new EP and EC, which…

Fatal attraction?

The passage of the bills ends a six-month blockade of U.S. support and will now allow Ukraine to mount a more effective defence in its war with Russia, as well as an expansion of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. Read more from Mateusz M. Piotrowski.

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The club of Russia's friends in high places has earned a new member...

🧵 This is already making rounds, so I will try to shed some more light on March/April 2022 Ukraine-Russia talks since the article is still far from the point, and because Poland played a much bigger role than anyone is willing to admit publicly
foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/talks-…

Putin clinging to power.

Why do some Americans want to turn their backs on allies?

How to boost nuclear deterrence of European allies

A heated debate on how to make business more sustainable.

More conditionality needed in EU assistance to North Africa.

Sometimes soft power is not enough...

A recent PISM paper with ideas on how to strengthen sanctions against Russia is up on the #Schumannetwork website.
Along with a large number of thought-provoking analyses from other think tanks that participate in this initiative.
schumannetwork.eu

Some thoughts on how 🇪🇺 can tighten the screws on the aggressor

China courting the Global South

The terrorist attack in Moscow, which the Russian government is seeking to blame on Ukraine, could have consequences for the way how Russia conducts its war against Ukraine, and will be used as a pretext to increase surveillance of the Russian society. For more see our latest…

🇺🇦 hitting the aggressor where it hurts

Some reservations about the 🇪🇺 - Egypt deal...

📹 The recording of the conference entitled “EU Support for Ukraine: Lessons Learned, Main Challenges and Implications for Union’s Policies”co-hosted by PISM_Brussels and Poland in the EU is now available on our YT channel!
youtu.be/i6SlKX1oTrs

Marc Rutte or perhaps someone else...

Ukraine's quest for support is not limited to the West.