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The Unattainable Utopia of a Nuclear-Free EU

By Gregory Lens The inclusion of nuclear energy as a potentially “green” energy source by the EU’s own in-house scientific body has yet again sparked division among member states, laying bare the wildly varying approaches to the future of nuclear power and what ought to be considered sustainable energy in general. On June 30th, theContinue reading “The Unattainable Utopia of a Nuclear-Free EU”

True Belgians Speak German

By Anna In the years of football championships, everyone in Belgium rallies behind their national football team, the Red Devils. Suddenly everybody, regardless of region, language, or politics, is not just Belgian, but a Belgian. The Belgians expressed a collective schadenfreude after the French were defeated in the round of sixteen. For a few weeksContinue reading “True Belgians Speak German”

Hardliners in Teheran: opportunity or challenge for the JCPOA?

By Robin Vandendriessche The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or the Iran nuclear agreement is a landmark accord reached in 2015 between Iran, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany. The deal, mediated by the European Union, placed significant restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program in return for sanctions relief.Continue reading “Hardliners in Teheran: opportunity or challenge for the JCPOA?”

The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy Explained

By Maria Callewier The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which launched in 1962, sets out to ensure food security and support farmers throughout the European Union. This makes it one of the longest-prevailing policies within the framework of the EU. With an annual budget of around 58 billion euros, this policy gets by far theContinue reading “The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy Explained”

Turkey’s Kurdish Question

By Olivier de Bolster On 17 June, the Kurdish community mourned the death of a volunteer at the pro-Kurdish HDP headquarters in Turkey’s third-largest city Izmir. The culprit’s claim of acting as a lone wolf has been met with outright skepticism from the opposition. However, supposed links with the ultranationalistic Gray Wolves movement on hisContinue reading “Turkey’s Kurdish Question”

Putin’s Broken Promise

By Jelle Baartmans In the past few weeks, most of Europe’s attention has focused on Alyaksandr Lukashenka and his increasingly repressive measures against the Belarusian people —including but not limited to making an intra-EU Ryanair flight land in Minskunder false pretences to arrest one of the plane’s passengers. At the same time, it is worth payingContinue reading “Putin’s Broken Promise”