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16 blogs · Newest first
15 September 2026 · Blog
The G20 Is Chasing the Wrong Solution: Oil Prices Dominate the Meeting
The G20’s focus on reserve releases and new drilling overlooks infrastructure, shipping security and long-term energy resilience.
8 September 2026 · Blog
Albania: Why Build Resorts on Protected Land? And Who Decides What Happens to Albania’s Coast: Residents or Investors?
It’s been 100 days of the “Flamingo Protests” testing whether Albania’s European future will protect the environment.
3 September 2026 · Blog
Who Decides Where Europe’s Money Goes?
As part of its new economic stimulus package, the EU has plans to spend hundreds of billions of euro’s on Research & Technology as well as on European Industry. This includes the proposed "European Competitiveness Fund" which by itself would amount to…
1 September 2026 · Blog
CAN A COUNTRY CONTROL ITS AI IF IT DOES NOT CONTROL THE CLOUD?
Governments are talking increasingly about AI sovereignty. They want national AI systems, stronger control over sensitive data, and less dependence on foreign technology companies. But AI depends on cloud infrastructure, data centres, chips, software,…
28 August 2026 · Blog
Who Will Pay for a Stronger Europe?
Six of the EU’s biggest net contributors are demanding major cuts to the Union’s next seven-year budget.
20 August 2026 · Blog
Can Europe Still Call Itself an Industrial Power?
In 2025, the EU imported €559 billion worth of goods from China and exported approximately €200 billion worth of goods to China. Although this gap is significant, the greater concern lies beneath it.
20 August 2026 · Blog
Falah Mousa eBooks on Lulu: Novels and Nonfiction
Readers looking for Falah Mousa books and eBooks can now find the current catalogue together on Lulu. The collection includes literary fiction from the Balkans as well as nonfiction on hatred, social division, demographic change and international affairs.
30 July 2026 · Blog
2027: WAR?
The US-Iran war will likely drag on for months and “could easily continue into 2027,” Richard Fontaine, a security expert at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), warned. He said it could shift between “hot and cold war indefinitely,” as new…
30 July 2026 · Blog
A Very Bad Summer: Europe Is Close to a Climate Breaking Point
Ravenous fires. Searing heat waves. Freakish storms. The summer of 2026 has already shattered meteorological records in several European countries. On a continent that has endured centuries of upheaval, including ruinous wars and deadly pandemics, it is…
29 July 2026 · Blog
Germany’s Leadership Crisis Is Becoming Europe’s Problem
Germany’s Leadership Crisis Is Becoming Europe’s Problem:
29 July 2026 · Blog
What the Global Fight Over Greenland Leaves Out: Greenland Is a Society, Not Just Strategic Territory
What the Global Fight Over Greenland Leaves Out: Greenland Is a Society, Not Just Strategic Territory
27 July 2026 · Blog
A FLAMINGO BECAME ALBANIA’S MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL SYMBOL
A FLAMINGO BECAME ALBANIA’S MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL SYMBOL
25 July 2026 · Blog
Oil Hits $100 While the World Does Nothing
Oil Hits $100 While the World Does Nothing
25 July 2026 · Blog
Press Freedom in 2026: A Dinner That Raised More Questions Than It Answered
Press Freedom in 2026: A Dinner That Raised More Questions Than It Answered
24 July 2026 · Blog
Brexit “Global Britain” Higher tariffs than the EU
Britain has lost its advantage over the EU when it comes to trade, the head of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said after it emerged the UK will pay higher tariffs than the bloc following President Trump’s new wave of tariffs. So much for the…
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