On the 17th and 18th of February, the European leaders of the Member States of the European Union greeted over 40 African leaders in a long-awaited summit, postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The summit was intended to lay further grounds in the areas of common cooperation and encourage foreign investment in Africa, especially following the growing Chinese …

The UK’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is currently facing the most politically perilous moment of his premiership, as he continues to come under intense scrutiny over his involvement in a series of N° 10 drinks parties held in the midst of England’s lockdowns aimed to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Boris Johnson just announced a plan to take the first steps …

Ukraine has been on mouths of everyone in the recent days due to the seemingly escalating reluctance towards the possibility of them joining NATO. Currently, Russia has amounted more than 100.000 troops at the border with Ukraine, resulting in increased tensions surrounding the region. Multiple international decision-makers have addressed this issue, with Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with the NATO …

To get started, it must first be addressed some basic concepts, such as what an interest group is. According to the definition used by the European Union in the Green Paper on a European Initiative in favour of Transparency (2006), “they are all those activities carried out with the objective of influencing the formulation of public policies and the decision-making …

In the last two years, the Balkan route has become one of the most frequented routes for illegal and uncontrolled immigration. Afghans, Pakistanis and especially Syrians have embarked on the dangerous journey to survive war and misery via the Balkan route[1]. The region already suffers from its own political, economic and social instability and fragility, and the challenge of the …

The EU and China signed a bilateral Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) in December 2020, after eight years of complex negotiations. The document, intends to provide international investors with broader market access, which will be enforced through state-to-state dispute resolution (Sapir, Dadush,2021) . Although, it does not  include investor protection (such as against expropriation), investor protection is covered by bilateral …

Sixteen years have passed since the election of the first female Chancellor in Germany’s history, Merkel proved to be one of the longest-serving democratically-elected European leaders ever existed marking her decision to not seek re-election in 2021, it is the end of an era and it leaves everyone wondering what is going to happen next, as her strongest feature in …

The European Union has for years been pursuing greater cooperation in the field of defence in order to maintain its security and its position in the world.  Yet, the idea of a European army is a particularly contentious one with strong advocates for and against. Ultimately, a distinct European army is still not a reality due to the lack of a common strategic culture and the political will …

  One of the original achievements of European integration was to create a Union of states characterized by the absence of conflicts both between the member states and with third-party states, which have shaped European history for many decades. Ever since its rise the Ottoman Empire has been one of these third-party actors. This makes it clear that the only …

Following a 30-year period of “non-aligned” foreign policy after its independence, Ukraine’s commitment to a transatlantic orientation in its strategic culture, including the pursuit of NATO membership, was dramatically reinforced as a result of the 2014 crisis (Glebov, 2017). According to the vast majority of foreign policy experts, joining NATO would help Ukraine achieve three major foreign and security policy …