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Pivoting Power: AU–EU Summit Showcases a New Era of Global South Cooperation
Angola gathering marks a quarter-century partnership focused on infrastructure, education, climate resilience, and a renewed push for global governance reform The latest AU–EU summit, held in Angola, illustrated how profoundly the political and economic landscape between Africa and Europe has…
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India and the EU Poised to Seal FTA and Strategic Agenda as Global Order Shifts
As geopolitical realignments accelerate, New Delhi and Brussels prepare to elevate their partnership at a high-level summit, aiming to finalize a long-negotiated trade pact and expand cooperation across technology, security, and climate. India and the European Union are advancing toward…
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COP30’s Failure in Curbing Fossil Fuels Reveals Cracked Global Order
The climate summit ends without agreement on fossil fuel phase-out, exposing geopolitical fractures in Europe and beyond. As negotiators packed their bags and left the humid corridors of Belém, expectations for a historic breakthrough at COP30 evaporated into the Amazonian…
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Europe’s Smaller Powers Take Bigger Strides in Africa
As global competition deepens, lesser-known EU member states quietly ramp up diplomatic and security engagement across the African continent Smaller European Union member states are rapidly increasing their diplomatic and security presence across Africa, signaling a shift in Europe’s strategic…
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Costa Calls for a New Global Compact on Critical Minerals
At the Johannesburg G20 Summit, Portugal’s President warns that clean‑energy ambitions hinge on secure, transparent mineral supply chains. JOHANNESBURG — In a packed plenary hall at the G20 Summit, Portuguese President António Costa placed critical‑minerals supply chains at the center…
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Power Without Presence
G20 Leaders Forge Historic Climate and Economic Pact in Johannesburg as the U.S. Stays Absent The 2025 G20 Summit in Johannesburg concluded with a sweeping declaration on climate action and global economic resilience—remarkable not only for its scope but for…
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Fault Lines in the Pacific
Japan–China tensions over Taiwan spill into the United Nations amid growing military posturing In a week marked by rising unease across the Indo‑Pacific, China has formally brought its dispute with Japan over Taiwan before the United Nations, accusing Tokyo of…
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Guardians of Unity
Polish and German Bishops Renew Call for Europe to Stand Firm Against Russia’s War in Ukraine As Europe grapples with shifting political winds, rising economic pressures, and a palpable sense of war fatigue, Catholic bishops from Poland and Germany have…
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Silent Airwaves in Budapest
U.S. funding cut forces closure of Hungarian service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, raising fresh alarms over media freedom Budapest — The final sign-off has been broadcast, and the airwaves of independent radio in Hungary have grown quieter. The Hungarian-language…
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EU Outlook Brightens for Growth as Ukraine Funding Gap Casts a Shadow
European Commission upgrades growth forecast even as Kyiv braces for shortfall in external support The European Commission this week presented a cautiously optimistic view of the European economy, signalling that the bloc is recovering more robustly than earlier expected. Yet…
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