Europe cannot afford to keep India waiting
Europe needs the Indian market, and the pressures on its economy make that need increasingly urgent. American tariffs have complicated…
From the Alps to the Himalayas: The Swiss President’s Visit to India and the Transformation of Trust into Partnership
India and Switzerland are turning a historic friendship into a test of geoeconomic statecraft, productive capability and strategic autonomy. In…
The Orange Plague arrives in Strasbourg
Donald Trump has appeared at the European Parliament without a suit, without a speech and covered in gold. The American…
France’s school crisis reaches the streets
French students returned to the streets on October 8 with demands that a country of France’s wealth should be able…
Europe tightens return rules. Can it enforce the safeguards?
EU ministers gave final approval to the new Return Regulation in Luxembourg on 1 October, strengthening governments’ powers to remove…
Europe cannot remember October 7 only once a year
Three years after October 7, Europe knows what to say. It remembers the dead, condemns Hamas and promises to confront…
Italy’s new electoral law can deliver a majority. Can it deliver stability?
Italy’s new electoral law rests on a reasonable ambition. Voters should know which coalition intends to govern, who would lead…
The woman who became the face of Spain’s political crisis
Maricarmen Abascal had lived in her Madrid home for more than seventy years. On 23 September, aged 87, she was…
Faith at crossroads: Pakistan’s blasphemy laws and India’s secular constitutional shield
A religious accusation in Pakistan can begin with a whispered allegation and end with a prison cell, a death sentence…
Two Days to Peshawar: Provocation, Revenge and the Blowback of Pakistan’s Afghan Gamble
On 30 September 2026, Noorullah Noori, acting Minister of Borders, Tribes and Tribal Affairs in Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration, offered a…
