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Meloni and the EU align on the Mediterranean pivot
Since coming into office, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has adopted a more pragmatic stance on migration compared to her harsh rhetoric as an opposition politician. *****
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Countering FIMI: A Critical Imperative for Mission Safety
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) has been largely viewed as a communications’ threat undermining the soft cornerstones of the democratic order, e.g., trust, legitimacy, and cohesion. *****
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Election Times and Murder in Kinshasa
On 13 July, the bullet-ridden corpse of former Minister Chérubin Okende was discovered close to the city centre of Kinshasa, in a display reminding of the 2010 murder of the […]
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EU Migration Policy: another Groundhog Day?
It might seem paradoxical to publish a commentary on the way in which the European Council approached immigration policy at its meeting on 29 and 30 June, since a quick […]
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European Defence in a New Geopolitical Environment
Until 24 February 2022, the EU in practice dealt with Ukraine as a buffer state: an independent state that should maintain constructive relations with both Russia and the Union. That […]
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Beyond Russia’s Façade of Stability and Normalcy
In this commentary, we will focus on the fate of Prigozhin, recognizing that as long as he remains alive, he will remain a significant political and military figure that the […]