Europe

  • Mar 7
  • 7 min read

Technology offers hope in tackling water scarcity

Improvements in technology, and cooperation in using it, could help to address water shortage challenges worldwide

International
  • Mar 6
  • 11 min read

Turkish foreign policy will seek a power balance

Ankara is aiming to normalise and stabilise its key regional and international relationships

Turkey
  • Mar 5
  • 7 min read

Managing AI risks is a core priority for China

China is developing a framework that enables artificial intelligence (AI) innovation but regulates its applications

China
  • Mar 5
  • 7 min read

Farmer protests will disrupt EU trade relations

European farmers are demanding that Brussels goes further in protecting their interests in free trade negotiations

EU
  • Mar 5
  • 7 min read

Decarbonising steel will be a long-term challenge

Steel output accounts for 7% of global carbon emissions and decarbonised steel production capacity remains minimal

International
  • Mar 4
  • 7 min read

Bosnia’s unresolved divisions will impede joining EU

This background brief explains how mutual animosities from the 1992-95 war still frustrate any sense of common purpose

Bosnia-Hercegovina
  • Mar 1
  • 7 min read

EU supply chain law faces major obstacles in Germany

An EU law that would mandate businesses to mitigate supply chain abuses is at serious risk of dilution or abandonment

Germany
  • Feb 29
  • 6 min read

Spanish compromise over amnesty is likely

Catalonia’s pro-independence party is threatening to withdraw support for government over amnesty legislation

Spain