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‘Double Dutch’ poll signals Europe’s changing political mood

  • The phrase “double Dutch” is sometimes defined as language that is unintelligible. That phrase seems an apt description of the upcoming election in the Netherlands, the outcome of which is hugely difficult to decipher. This matters given the stakes in play. For one, the Netherlands has the fi...
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Europe’s dilemma over climate action and energy security

  • One of the EU’s longstanding global goals has been climate action, yet since the Ukraine war began there also has been a huge new political emphasis on delivering energy security. Energy security is defined by the International Energy Agency as the uninterrupted availability of energy sources...
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Foreign powers’ focus turns to the Asia-Pacific

  • Global diplomacy in September will be dominated by the G20 leadership event in India on Sept. 9-10. Yet, below that international radar screen are key East Asia and Association of Southeast Asian Nations summits a few days earlier. While the ASEAN and East Asia events in Indonesia are lower p...
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The EU is a ‘green pioneer’ but it cannot achieve global goals on its own

  • Since the pandemic and the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU has doubled down on the green economy in an effort to meet global environmental goals such as the aims of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Yet it is increasingly clear that Brussels needs more help from the private sector and also...
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Meloni meets Biden as Italy poised for big decision on China

  • Giorgia Meloni last week made her first visit to the White House as Italian prime minister. Although the Ukraine war shows no sign of relenting, it was China that topped the agenda of her meeting with President Joe Biden. While Rome is not always seen as being among the top-tier global powers,...
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EU summit to showcase bloc’s focus on Asia-Pacific region

  • The “pivot to Asia” was a phrase first popularized by US policymakers during the Obama administration. However, it also highlights the EU’s increasing focus on the world’s fastest-growing economic region in a way that is often overlooked.  The latest signal of intent from the Brussels-ba...
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‘Natural Capital’ is the key to Earth Day success

  • This year’s Earth Day, which will be celebrated on April 22, has an intriguing economic theme: “Investing in our Planet.” The goal of organizers is to engage more with businesses and other organizations in addition to the more than 1 billion citizens who participate in the annual event, to ensu...
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First Franco-British leaders’ summit is a good augury

  • French-UK relations were often in the “deep freeze” during the prime ministerships of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, yet this Friday (March 10) will see the first bilateral summit between London and Paris for five years. Theresa May was the last UK prime minister that French President Emmanuel M...
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German chancellor faces a tricky trip to Washington

  • German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has undertaken a wide-ranging itinerary of foreign travel in recent weeks, including official trips to Latin America and Asia. But his most important foreign trip as leader so far comes on March 3, when he will meet US President Joe Biden at the White House. In th...
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EU bids to fight back in global green race

  • Europe has long seen itself as the preeminent global center for the green industrial revolution, through measures such as the EU Emissions Trading System, the Green Deal and RepowerEU. However, there is a growing sense in the continent that its edge in this “race” is being imperiled as the ass...
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