The European Union was born out of a crisis. After WWII, six countries agreed to pull together coal and steel procurement to make war between them "not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible". 70 years later, the European Union pulled together procurement of vaccines to address the pandemic, and introduced the digital Covid certificate that revolutionised […]

Europe has awoken to a stark new geopolitical reality. The post-Cold War era of European integration, transatlantic cooperation, and benign globalization is gone. For over three years Russia has waged a brutal war against an EU aspirant country, committing heinous war crimes and crimes against humanity. China lurks in the shadows while it props up […]

Global diplomacy has faced a combustible mix of unique challenges in recent years that have tested its agility and effectiveness, and those challenges are unlikely to disappear anytime soon. Diplomacy is the world’s best hope, but it has yet to be widely accepted as a real profession. No country has nearly enough professional diplomats, and […]