Neutrality
EUROPE
Uneven Protection: Religious Freedom in Belgium
A country can guarantee religious freedom by law and still let how visibly someone practises it decide whether they get a job or a seat at the table.
US-China
Pacifists Buy Missiles: Bern and Tokyo After Hormuz
The world's oldest armed neutrality and its most famous pacifist constitution broke in the same month.
PODCASTS
Neutrality in Question? Austria Debates Age Old Thinking
Austria debates its military neutrality amid rising NATO influence in Europe, as Brigadier Dr. Walter Feichtinger analyses security shifts post-Ukraine invasion.
EUROPE
Peacemaker No More: Austria Ditches Neutrality for NATO
Austria debates ending decades of neutrality in 2025, weighing NATO membership amid rising Russian threats and shifting EU security ties.
BUSINESS
Ice Queen No More: Icelanders Warm Up to EU Membership
Iceland faces a political reckoning. Nearly three-quarters of Icelanders now want a vote on starting talks to join the European Union (EU).
Popular
Croatian Cannot Carry Montenegro’s Accession
Brussels floats Croatian as a stopgap for Montenegrin legislation, but language borrowing would hand Podgorica legal headaches and bruised pride.
Netanyahu’s Campaign Hijacked the Flydubai Cockpit
Israeli campaign messaging claimed the Flydubai cockpit assault within hours, while newsrooms stayed with the verified facts and open gaps.
Western Exit From Iraq Leaves Tehran’s Cells Untouched
As American and Italian troops leave Iraq and Turkey packs up, armed groups splinter into covert cells and Washington and Europe must adapt without delay.
Data Centre Silence: Europe’s Secret Sauce?
Artificial intelligence spending cushions the global oil shock, and Brussels keeps each data centre’s power and water use hidden from its neighbours.
Burnham Puts EU Membership Back on Britain’s Political Table
Burnham's openness to rejoining the EU shifts what British politics can say aloud, yet solid growth and a binding manifesto limit how far that shift can go.
