Ursula von der Leyen on Monday stated Ukraine can join the European Union well before 2030, within her current term as European Commission president, if it can meet certains creteria. The statement is significant as Donald Trump has finally picked a side in the Ukraine conflict and to everyone’s surprise, it’s Russia. Amid the political…
It all started at the annual Munich Security Conference, which is usually a quiet affair and dominated by defence ministers, diplomats, security analysts and policy wonks as they engage in dialogue to peacefully resolve conflicts around the world. It’s been like this for 60 years, restricted initially to members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization…
When I was a kid, I believed the West was a place. Then I realized that all of the West was not entirely the West. The West was an idea, an invention. When you put it this way, it looks as though it is some kind of subterfuge to overwhelm human instincts. But I like…
On 3 February, both Canada and Mexico were given a 30-day reprieve, with concessions extracted from them—the beefing up of border patrols to prevent ingress of fentanyl and illegal immigrants. While both Canada and Mexico had threatened retaliatory tariffs, they too have deferred action in the wake of Trump’s decision to temporarily suspend tariffs on…
WhatsApp users in more than two dozen countries have been affected by a sophisticated spyware attack, with at least seven confirmed cases in Italy, prompting the government to launch an investigation. The spyware, linked to the Israeli surveillance company Paragon Solutions, was used to target journalists, activists, and civil society members, using a “zero-click” hack…
BRUSSELS (AP) — Poland won’t get its money back after a previous, conservative government was hit by a record-breaking fine by the European Union for ignoring a court order to undo changes to its judicial system, an EU high court said Wednesday. According to the ruling, the EU’s executive Commission was within its rights to…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks with European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas during an EU summit at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, on February 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The EU’s top foreign policy and security official, Kaja Kallas, has indicated a shift in the bloc’s dialogue postures, with a greater emphasis…
(Bloomberg) — The European Union must arm itself to “survive” in an increasingly uncertain global order, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, calling on the bloc to help member nations finance a build up in defense spending. “If Europe wants to survive, it has to be armed,” Tusk told a session of the European Parliament…
Major tech companies including Meta’s Facebook, Elon Musk’s X, Google’s YouTube, and TikTok have pledged to take more robust measures in tackling online hate speech as part of an updated voluntary code of conduct. The revised code, which aligns with the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), marks a significant shift in the way tech…
When Mark Zuckerberg earnestly looked at a camera and told the world (or President-elect Donald Trump) that he was shutting down all fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, he left out some important context. His changes would only apply to US users of Instagram and Facebook, just as the EU rolls out a law to target…
