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Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas: Unveiling Spain’s Migration Routes

By Beatriz Santos Mayo Introduction The Mediterranean European Union (EU) Member States have become transit countries for immigrants entering the EU’s territory, creating eight irregular border crossing routes. Spain is one of the member states affected by this migration flow from Western Africa, which streams through the sea, territorial border crossings, and now air routes. Continue reading “Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas: Unveiling Spain’s Migration Routes”

Realignment in the South Caucasus: Navigating Power Shifts and Partnerships

By Tamta Pantsulaia The three countries in the South Caucasus – Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia – seem to be undergoing significant changes, as events in this region have evolved quite dynamically over the past decade. Regional and external powers, particularly Russia, Turkey and China pose a significant impediment to the political coherence of the SouthContinue reading “Realignment in the South Caucasus: Navigating Power Shifts and Partnerships”

The New European Commission: The Controversial Migration Agenda

By Laura Marino On 1 December 2024, President Ursula von der Leyen began her second mandate at the helm of the European Commission, leading a new team of Commissioners. Together, they’ve set bold priorities for the Commission from 2024 to 2029. Among these priorities, there is the responsibility to define EU policy regarding migration, asylum,Continue reading “The New European Commission: The Controversial Migration Agenda”

Germany Elections 2025: Candidates, Key Issues, and What to Expect

By Frederik Steinhauser Introduction On February 23rd, Germany will hold general elections for the lower house of Parliament, the Bundestag. After months of crisis, the coalition of Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reached the end of the road after losing the vote of confidence, effectively putting an end to his troubled government. Recent PoliticalContinue reading “Germany Elections 2025: Candidates, Key Issues, and What to Expect”

Heading to the Poles: Greenland, the EU, and the 2025 Election Year

By Julian Wood Greenland is everywhere at the moment. At no other time has it felt that the media were more interested in this huge Arctic territory and its frozen expanse of over 2 million square kilometres. With a US president, not for the first time, advocating a purchase (or a even military seizure), theContinue reading “Heading to the Poles: Greenland, the EU, and the 2025 Election Year”

Fico’s Gas Gamble: What Ukraine’s Gas Transit Halt Means for Slovakia

By Viktoriia Skoropadska The energy dependence on gas supplies from the Russian Federation played a cruel joke on the European Union after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At that time, it served as shock therapy for many EU countries, whose task over the next two years was to reorient themselves to otherContinue reading “Fico’s Gas Gamble: What Ukraine’s Gas Transit Halt Means for Slovakia”