The US-Saudi Nuclear Deal Normalises Enrichment in the Gulf
The US-Saudi nuclear agreement may be civilian in name, but its enrichment provisions could persuade other Middle Eastern states that nuclear latency is becoming...
Greece Keeps Betting on Golden Visa Capital
Greece is preserving its golden visa programme because foreign capital remains valuable to its recovery, even as property investment worsens pressure on housing....
Russia Imports Back Its Own Oil from India
Russia's purchase of Indian petrol shows how Ukrainian strikes have reversed the logic of an energy power that once exported fuel without fearing shortages at home....
Germany’s Rich Want Out and the Brand is Taking the Hit
Germany's affluent emigration mood is significant not only because some wealthy people may leave, but because it chips away at the country's image as the obvious...
Does Britain Need a Ministry for Artificial Intelligence?
Recent developments from OpenAI and China confirm that Britain's new AI minister needs a genuine ministry....
Italy’s Security March Shows the Rightward Mood at Home
The Rome protest by military and police personnel was about pay and pensions on the surface, but it also revealed a deeper political mood: uniformed anger is becoming...
Mali is Haunting Macron’s Africa Reset
Mali remains the clearest proof that France lost military influence in the Sahel without stability replacing it, and every new battle there undercuts Macron's narrative...
Burna Boy Brings Nigerian Pop to Europe’s Biggest Stage
Burna Boy's World Cup moment shows Nigerian pop is no longer a niche import in Europe but part of the sound of mainstream public culture, whatever one thinks of...
Europe’s Farm Lobby is Keeping Pesticides in the Fields
Europe's pesticide fight is no longer just about science or regulation. It is increasingly about whether the farm lobby is defending farmers, or using them to defend...
Anime’s Cult is Fading in Europe But Why?
Japanese anime helped romanticise Europe for global audiences. If the industry weakens, Europe may lose one of its strangest and most flattering cultural mirrors....
