The developments in Venezuela are deeply troubling. For that very reason, the region can no longer afford to look the other ...

Yaşar Aydın is a researcher at the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor aimed to dismantle the ...

Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita since October 2024. He joined Rzeczpospolita in 2008 as head of the national department, later becoming deputy editor-in-chief. He won the Grand Press award in ...

Natasha Foote is a freelance journalist, podcaster and moderator specialising in EU agrifood policy. She previously worked as a journalist with the EU media EURACTIV, and before that spent several ...

The lifting of US sanctions marks a turning point for Syria and its new president, offering more than 20 million people hope for a better future picture alliance / Anadolu | Tamam Jerbi Syrians ...

In its declaration of 12 May 2025, the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) announced its willingness to disband — a historic step in the decades-long conflict. However, the Turkish government is focusing ...

picture alliance / abaca | ABACA Pope Francis met with young people from across the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Kinshasa in 2023. The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have elected a new ...

In the last 100 days, the deeply rooted and obsolete idea that Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is still a natural US sphere of influence has been tested once more. President Donald Trump’s ...

In the UK, a supposedly progressive government is taking a leaf out of the right-wing playbook by slashing disability benefits What keeps you awake at night? For me, these days, however persistent the ...

Rotterdam’s fight against drug smuggling shows that public and private forces, when united, can set a new standard for European port security Has the Netherlands become a narco-state? This question ...

As the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War is commemorated, my thoughts turn to the stories of my family, who lived in the border triangle between Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.

In April of this year, millions of Russians received an electronic letter via the government’s online portal Gosuslugi, in which they were encouraged to ‘show gratitude’ by donating to help veterans.