E.U. President Von der Leyen’s 2026 State of the Union address can be characterized as a bricolage of concerns “all over the map,” with prop...

From August 29 through September 1, 2026, the G20 met in North Carolina in the U.S.; the E.U. was represented by one of its states, Ireland,...

On 5 August, 2026, President Von der Leyen of the E.U. “announced that €1.4 billion in profits from immobilised Russian assets [held in the ...

I contend that in having both federal and state-level officials attending the G7 international meetings, Europe is over-represented even as ...

The words mutuality and cooperation have positive connotations politically, whereas divisive and exclusive do not. To be sure, mutual cooper...

Early in 2026, “(a)fter months of intense negotiations,” the E.U. concluded “a free-trade deal with India,” which, if ratified by the E.U.’s...

With the European Council, which represents the E.U. states, having passed the Mercosur free-trade treaty by qualified-majority voting, the ...

The governor of a large state, if speaking for the E.U., risks not only undercutting federal officials who can speak for the E.U., but also ...

Words matter; they may not break bones, but they can wreak havoc if they are used carelessly or ideologically. Political labels can stick, a...

Speaking after his meeting with U.S. President Trump in Alaska during the summer of 2025, Russia’s President Putin said that if no agreement...

Even though the Vienna Convention of 1961 includes protections for diplomatic and consular properties in active war-zones, Russia’s attack o...

Like proud male birds dancing for a female for the chance to reproduce, U.S. President Trump and Ukraine’s Zelensky engaged in public postur...

I contend that the genocide in Gaza being committed by the Israeli government can also be termed a holocaust. This is actually not much of a...

With E.U. states like Germany, Austria and Poland becoming increasingly active in patrolling their respective borders at the expense of the ...

Falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass on July 10, 2025, the no-confidence vote on President Von der Leyen of the Commissio...

If only Ukraine could become the 51 st member-state of the U.S., rather than the 28 th state of the E.U., given the veto of Viktor Orban o...

Why has the E.U. been sidelined amid the military tensions in the Middle East? The answer lies with the E.U.’s federal system, rather than t...

Competition within a pollical party and recognition that a political party is indeed a political party are essential or at least advantageou...

On September 20, 2024, it was announced that the E.U. would “raise a €35 billion loan to support the Ukrainian economy and military.” [1] A...

One of benefits of the market mechanism, by which, for example, economic goods are bought and sold, is that self-interest is relied on; peop...