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A dark digital panel at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange displays data from the German DAX stock index, with large, bright numbers showing share prices. tariff

Trump’s tariff rage and its unforeseen dimensions on the global financial markets

By Ernesto Talvi, Tomás Sanguinetti // Posted on 16 Apr 2025

Abstract 3D image of a world map, composed of pixelated blocks in bluish and greyish tones. China

China, the US and the new world order

Shattered hegemony: the rivalry between the US and China in the new era of the politics of force

By José Juan Ruiz // Posted on 16 Apr 2025

Daytime view of the floating LNG terminal in Brunsbüttel (Germany), a port featuring ships, cranes, an industrial plant, wind turbines, and an electrical substation, where the sea meets vast green areas. Russia

Climate and energy

The end of the war in Ukraine and the future of the EU-Russia energy relation

By Ignacio Urbasos Arbeloa // Posted on 10 Apr 2025

Donald Trump announces “reciprocal” tariffs alongside US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (right), speaking from a podium with a microphone before an audience gathered for the Make America Wealthy Again event — also referred to as “Liberation Day” — in the White House Rose Garden on 2 April 2025. In his left hand, Trump holds up a board listing countries and their corresponding tariffs. tariff

Technology and economics

Trump’s global tariff shock

By Enrique Feás, Miguel Otero Iglesias, Federico Steinberg // Posted on 08 Apr 2025

It is expected that the PKK’s farewell to arms and final disbandment will be achieved quite soon, which means that for the first time a Kurdish insurgency in the century-old life of the Turkish republic will be ended not through military means but by the voluntary decision of those who started it. Kurdish

Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

Ending a 40-year Kurdish insurgency: a historical turning point for Turkey and Syria

By Cengiz Çandar // Posted on 01 Apr 2025

View of the walls and part of the dome of the United Nations General Assembly Hall at the UN Headquarters in New York. Geopolitics

The US-China rivalry and Latin American geopolitics: from narrative to data

By Ernesto Talvi, Gabriel Leiva García // Posted on 27 Mar 2025

A Belgian F-16 pilot, wearing a flight helmet, oxygen mask, and full flight suit, sits inside the bubble canopy of a grey F-16 Fighting Falcon. The cockpit features visible instrument panels and side-stick controls, with warning labels on the fuselage just below the cockpit. The aircraft is parked on the tarmac at Florennes Air Base under a bright, partly cloudy sky during a NATO Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) exercise. Defence

International Security

Europe’s best bet is to increasingly rely on itself for its own security and defence

By Emiliano Alessandri, Domenec Ruiz-Devesa // Posted on 24 Mar 2025

Expanded map of North Africa with a magnifying glass, detailing the countries along the Mediterranean coast (Morocco, Algeria, and Libya) and the Iberian Peninsula on the European continent. Gas

Climate and energy

Another round of Algerian gas for Europe

By Gonzalo Escribano // Posted on 17 Mar 2025

Roundtable discussion at the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Brussels on 18 December 2024, held in a modern conference hall with a multi-coloured geometric ceiling and a circular table. European and Western Balkans leaders are seated with laptops, microphones, and screens, engaging in discussions. A blue backdrop displays the event title, while glass windows and balconies accommodate translators and additional staff. Western Balkans

Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

Transactional politics in the Western Balkans under Trump’s second term

By Miguel Roán // Posted on 03 Mar 2025

Flags of the European Union and the United States lined up on their masts at the entrance to the European Parliament during a meeting of leaders in 2017. Competitiveness

Technology and economics

Competitiveness: the widening gap between the EU and the US

By Judith Arnal, Enrique Feás // Posted on 29 Oct 2024

Pilatus E-27 aircraft flying over the Mediterranean coast. Spain defence

International Security

A partner of choice? Spain’s performance in the European Defence Fund in 2023

By Daniel Fiott // Posted on 07 Aug 2024

Electrical transmission tower from low angle. Geopolitics of the global energy

Climate and energy

The geopolitics of the global energy demand shift

By Daniel Scholten, Daniel Zuckerman // Posted on 29 Jul 2024