The security architecture of the past 50 years is in ruins. Robert Misik maps a policy for the new cold war. Robert Misik* ‘I erred.’ With these frank words—not exactly typical for a politician—the German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier summed up his assessment of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and his adherence over …
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James Zogby* Russia should be condemned for its invasion and Ukrainians deserve their freedom — not because they are Europeans from a “largely peaceful” continent, but because invasion and occupation by bullies are wrong wherever they occur and whoever they are. The double standards in political commentary regarding the war …
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Egypt Today A natural gas cooperation agreement between the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) and Italian oil giant ENI was signed on Wednesday. The agreement maximises Egyptian natural gas reserves through increasing its production capabilities. It would enable EGAS to explore new opportunities to increase production. It would facilitate …
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Longstanding European democracies have suffered troubling erosions to individual rights and freedoms in recent years due to pandemic countermeasures and a host of other reasons. Aarti Narsee* As the coronavirus pandemic moves into its third year, there is no doubt that it will have lasting effects on civic and democratic …
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Ahram Online “Egypt has launched an air bridge to repatriate expatriates who crossed borders from Ukraine to neighbouring European countries”, Minister of Emigration and Expatriate Affairs Nabila Makram said on Thursday. “Egyptians in the Eastern Ukrainian cities should remain cautious while heading from Kharkiv to Cossack Lopan village, and from Sumy to Sutga …
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The EU has often been thought of as primarily a market-making mechanism. Yet it is above all a cultural project. Gijs De Vries* The European Union is first and foremost a cultural project. The union’s founding values, respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and human …
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European law enforcement agencies have been pushing to end encryption and survey everyone’s online communications. Diego Naranjo* In 2020, the European Commission put forward temporary legislation on ‘chat control’. This sought to legalise the scanning of everyone’s private online communications; every message, email or chat. Successor to a long line of attacks from …
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The Recovery and Resilience Facility aims to finance national projects. Yet a pan-European rail network could yield big emissions cuts. Katharina Weber* and Maximilian Zangl* and Mario Holzner* The European Union is clear on its goal to be climate-neutral by 2050. Transport accounts for a quarter of the EU’s greenhouse-gas …
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Ahram Online The first round of meetings held between Egypt and representatives from the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) on trade liberalisation of processed agricultural goods kicked off in Geneva on Thursday. “There is noticeable progress in the negotiations with the EFTA”, said Ibrahim al-Segeini, the head of the Egyptian …
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Egypt Today “The Egyptian produced Sinovac-Vacsera COVID-19 vaccine has been accredited by 12 European countries”, Egyptian Minister of Health, Hala Zayed, stated at a press conference with German ambassador to Egypt, Frank Hartmann, on Thursday. Zayed noted, “Egypt has recently received raw material sufficient to produce 15 million doses. We …
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