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Lifelines as Targets: Moscow’s Playbook for Strangling Ukraine

From Polish railways to Black Sea tankers, Russia is waging a covert war of sabotage across Europe, aiming to strangle the essential lifelines sustaining Ukraine.

A Corridor of Speed ​​and Defense: New Connection Between Poland and the Baltics

Via Baltica opens from Warsaw to Tallinn, boosting Baltic defense, economic links, and NATO readiness amid Kaliningrad tensions.

Re-Alignment in the Red Sea: Russia & Iran

Russia and Iran recalibrate influence from Syria to Sudan, leveraging Red Sea conflicts and deepening military ties in shifting alliances.

Take Fire: Germany Enacts Laws to Shoot Down ‘Russian’ Drones

Germany’s cabinet has recently introduced new regulations that permit the military to shoot down suspicious drones near military installations or critical infrastructure.

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Anti-Bardella Performative Resistance Falls Short

Culinary protests splatter and legal verdicts land; Jordan Bardella rides economic fatigue to dismantle the cordon sanitaire shielding the French presidency.

Meloni in Manama: The Sakhir Declaration and Gulf Security

Missiles over Doha have turned the Sakhir Declaration from standard diplomacy into a survival blueprint, pushing the Gulf toward self-reliance and Europe ties.

The Rome-Moscow Connection: How Italy and Kyrgyzstan are Keeping Russian Trade Alive

While Europe builds a wall of sanctions against Russia, Italy has found a backdoor, shipping goods through the mountains to Kyrgyzstan.

EU-US Trade Talks: Price of Sovereignty on the Factory Floor

Brussels rejects trading digital sovereignty for tariff relief, leaving European steel workers to bear the heavy cost of a deepening transatlantic deadlock.

The Pope’s Turkey Visit: Eastern Mediterranean as Christianity’s Foundation

Pope Leo XIV's first papal journey to Turkey from 27-30 November 2025 placed the eastern Mediterranean once again at the centre of Catholic imagination, inviting Europe to reconsider how geography shaped its tradition.