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Football as a Mirror of Regional and National Identities: The Case of Yugoslavia’s “Grand Four”

By Dr. Eman Demerdash Introduction As billions of people prepare to gather around the world this summer to watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup, football’s relevance as a powerful stage for expressing identity, unity, and political meaning is especially visible. Football is one of the tools used by a region or nation to represent andContinue reading “Football as a Mirror of Regional and National Identities: The Case of Yugoslavia’s “Grand Four””

Europe Can’t Disarm the World, but Can It Make Disarmament Possible?

By Md. Arifur Rahman The international nuclear landscape has entered into a turbulent era of renewed instability. With Russia’s suspension of the NEW START Treaty participation, the U.S. announcement of resuming nuclear testing, the DPRK’s ongoing nuclear weapon tests, and intense friction between nuclear-armed states, it is certain that global arms control faces the mostContinue reading “Europe Can’t Disarm the World, but Can It Make Disarmament Possible?”

EU Trade Policy: A New Engine of Global Relevance

By Riccardo Mouchanan Introduction From the Covid-19 pandemic, which showed the unstable nature of our supply chains, to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the second Trump administration’s rollback of the historical US role as guardian of democracy, Europe witnessed and underwent profound changes. Never has the Union been so exposed to unilateral actions fromContinue reading “EU Trade Policy: A New Engine of Global Relevance”

AI Regulation: Reflections on the Nuclear Analogy and its Utility

By Emily Worlock In 2023, the Centre for AI Safety issued a panel statement that placed the threat of AI on par with nuclear war. Following this, influential figures such as António Gueterres, the Secretary-General of the UN, and Sam Altman, the CEO of Open-AI, voiced support for AI regulatory frameworks inspired by the InternationalContinue reading “AI Regulation: Reflections on the Nuclear Analogy and its Utility”

Stability and Growth Pact 2024 Reform: Ending the “One-Size-Fits-All” Approach?

By Alexandre Mies Since the eurozone crisis in the 2010s and especially since the Covid crisis, the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), or the Eurozone’s fiscal rules, increasingly revealed its limits. Before 2024, the SGP imposed the same quantitative budgetary rules on the 20 eurozone Member States, inherited from the 1992 Maastricht Treaty: public deficitContinue reading “Stability and Growth Pact 2024 Reform: Ending the “One-Size-Fits-All” Approach?”

Strategic Autonomy or Strategic Dependence?

By Eman Jokhio Europe never gets tired of talking about “strategic autonomy.” It is a staple of speeches given in Brussels, written in EU policy documents, and mentioned in defence summit press releases. However, most of these remarks tend to lack substance and depth. Europe certainly does not lack money, technology, or even the bureaucraticContinue reading “Strategic Autonomy or Strategic Dependence?”