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Moscow’s vulnerability

Despite the apparent stability of an authoritarian war regime that still has resources available to it, Russia’s future is uncertain. Whereas Vladimir Putin came to power promising to restore order following the “chaos” of the Yeltsin…

How the EU can survive the next enlargement

Let me start from a sobering, general, viewpoint: my view on the future of Europe is quite pessimistic. The EU is confronting unprecedented global challenges, linked to the fragmentation scenario we are living in: de-globalization,…