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Old World Growing Even Older What Migration and Pension Expenses Have to Do with This
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The policy brief by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael is an internal strategic document aimed at moving the system of control over adherence to ideological guidelines and political decisions from the realm of political negotiations to the field of technocratic regulation. The authors of the study focus on systemic weaknesses of the key mechanism - the annual EU Rule of Law report.
WHAT IT TAKES TO PROTECT FUNDAMENTAL VALUES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
A report by the European Council for Foreign Relations (ECFR) inquires into the vulnerabilities of the European wind power industry in the face of Chinese expansion.
Last Gasp: Securing Europe's Wind Industry from Dependence on China
Migration has long shaped the demographic and economic realities of the Western Balkans, and Germany has become the principal migratory destination.
Migration from Western Balkans to Germany: Implications and Recommendations
Numbers do not lie. Military spending of the EU member states has been growing for 4 years now. Since 2022, they have spent twice as much on defence as in the previous four years.
Is Europe Getting Ready to War Using Foreign Made Weapons? What does it mean for the EU countries and their defense industry?
On 3 December 2025, the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs published an article by Daniel S. Hamilton, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and senior non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.
Germany, China, and the End of the Post-Wall World