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A decade of Macron’s foreign policy

In May 2017, Emmanuel Macron entered the ÉlysĂ©e Palace as, by some distance, the most explicitly doctrinaire French president in a long time. His ambition was not purely to govern France but to reposition it as a puissance d'Ă©quilibre, the…

Right wing rivalry in Dutch politics

During a recent parliamentary debate on the normalization of violence in politics and society, Lidewij de Vos, leader of the far-right party Forum for Democracy (FvD), argued that the Dutch must continue to form the majority in their own…

India and Europe: a window of convergence

On May 21, 2026, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to Delhi after concluding a five-nation tour across the UAE and Europe. This series of visits is far more than a simple diplomatic routine. At its core, the tour aimed to ensure…