Ukraine
EUROPE
Malta Shuts the Door on ‘Golden Passports’: Contribution, Not Direct Investment
EU bans Malta golden passport scheme, ruling citizenship can’t be sold, ending years of investment-based nationality sales.
BUSINESS
Old Rivalries as Leverage: Russia in the Eastern Mediterranean
When diplomatic protests turn into gas field disputes, old-fashioned regional quarrels become tomorrow's Russian leverage in the Mediterranean.
EUROPE
Beyond Brexit: Why Europe Needs the Best of British
Beyond the royal pomp, a quiet truth emerged in Paris: a Europe without Britain's hard power is a Europe living on borrowed time even with Brexit.
EUROPE
A Nuclear Divorce: Sweden and Russia
Sweden-Russia nuclear data ties cut as tensions rise, risking transparency, safety, and trust across the Baltic and NATO’s northern flank.
EUROPE
Freeriders: Spain and Italy Opt Out of NATO Hike
Nordic states arm up as Finland exits landmine treaty, while Spain and Italy resist NATO defence hikes, deepening EU security rift.
Popular
Mistral Leads Europe and Reveals Its Limits
Mistral has become Europe's clearest AI champion, but its rise also shows how far the continent still is from matching the American frontier on scale, compute, and control.
Hantavirus Panic Revives Pandemic Lies
The MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak has done something the virus itself cannot: it has reactivated the full Covid-era misinformation machine, and the results arrived faster this time.
FCAS: Bilateral Deals Break Expensive Collective Defence
Nine years of industrial warfare have now ended Europe's biggest defence dream, as bilateral deals quietly rewrite the continent's security architecture.
Sovereign AI Fund Picks Blair’s Daughter-in-Law to Lead It
Britain's £500 million Sovereign AI fund has chosen Tony Blair's daughter-in-law to lead it, and the appointment says as much about how power circulates in British tech as it does about the fund's ambitions.
Foreign Capital Flows into Damascus Despite Insecurity
As European trade ties return and energy giants sign deals, Damascus car bombs ask whether stability can coexist with transition.


