While prisoner releases have become more regular recently, #Lukashenko 's crackdown continues, targeting critics wherever they live tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-regime-i... #Belarus #Prisoners #Opposition

Rather than trying to placate Trump’s America, Europe must re-commit to its own values, and hold out hope that the ideological confusion across the Atlantic soon passes - By Carl Bildt tomorrowsaffairs.com/us-efforts-t... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #NationalSecurity #EU #Trump

Putin's message of "unprecedented escalation" is not a sign of Russian strength but an attempt to manipulate European fear tomorrowsaffairs.com/managing-kal... #Kaliningrad #Baltic #Defense

Geopolitical uncertainties, climate change, and social inequalities are among the factors threatening the economic growth potential of many countries - By @emrealkin.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/global-econo... #growth

Trump’s blockade of sanctioned oil tankers off #Venezuela ’s coast is raising new questions about the legality of his military campaign in Latin America tomorrowsaffairs.com/will-growing... #Maduro #InternationalLaw

The new year looks likely to be an unhealthy one for many Americans - By Sharmila Devi tomorrowsaffairs.com/americans-fa... #Healthcare #vaccines

Japan's exit from the ultra-loose policy regime means that the last major safe zone of cheap financing is closing tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-bank-of-... #yen #japaneconomy

The US needs Europe at least as much as Europe needs America. The strategy #Trump is pursuing amounts to self-sabotage - By Joschka Fischer tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-destruct... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #Security #NATO

Russia could try to file a lawsuit in any domestic court in the world where its assets are held, but would have to waive its own state immunity to do so tomorrowsaffairs.com/russia-has-l... #Russia #EU

Military mobility is more than a technical issue. It reflects the political maturity of the #EU . Without rapid mobility, European security does not exist in practice tomorrowsaffairs.com/military-sch... #Defence #Military @europarl.europa.eu

Someone will have to do the job, and that someone could very well be an #AI . As the technology evolves, that could happen in as yet unforeseen ways - By @ferrybiedermann.com tomorrowsaffairs.com/lets-hope-ai... #JobSecurity #unemployment

The nuclear-weapon states have clearly reneged on their commitment to nuclear disarmament and are now rushing in the opposite direction - By Mohamed ElBaradei tomorrowsaffairs.com/chain-reacti... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #nuclear @iaeaorg.bsky.social

Federal funds went to research collaborations with Chinese state-owned laboratories and universities that work directly for China’s military tomorrowsaffairs.com/how-china-ex... #ChinaMilitary

This is not about #abortion as a moral issue, but rather about whether the EU, through the budget, can create a policy in a field in which it lacks traditional legislative competence tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-limits-o... #Budget #EU

If Middle Eastern countries want to avoid a new wave of disasters and conflicts, they must place water at the center of their diplomatic strategies - By Shlomo Ben-Ami tomorrowsaffairs.com/water-scarci... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #MiddleEast #WaterSupply

Farage's main barrier s not Labour or the Greens or even a revived Conservatives but rather a widespread sentiment within the UK of ‘anyone but Reform’ - By Harvey Morris tomorrowsaffairs.com/reform-uks-r...

The mass shooting is the latest reminder of the Jewish community's longstanding reality of having to factor security into religious practice tomorrowsaffairs.com/us-jews-worr... #SydneyAttack #antisemitism

It cannot be ruled out that Washington is seeking to pressure #Ukraine into relinquishing part of its occupied territories as quickly as possible - By Oleksandr Levchenko tomorrowsaffairs.com/tangible-eff... #Trump #Putin

Europe must join #Japan in dropping any ambiguity about its commitment to impose high costs on #China over any act of aggression against #Taiwan - By Jonas Parello-Plesner tomorrowsaffairs.com/europeans-ca... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social

Trump has fallen prey to a years-long Russian influence campaign that exploits his worldview, shady business instincts, and personal grievances - By @johnsipher.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/a-tempting-m... #Ukraine #Trump #Putin

France is throwing up a last-minute obstacle to a massive trans-Atlantic trade deal between the #EU and the five South American nations tomorrowsaffairs.com/eu-s-free-tr... #Mercosur #FarmersProtest

The core problem of the #AI era is not software control, but whether states can simultaneously maintain and develop essential infrastructure tomorrowsaffairs.com/how-ai-infra... #Infrastructure #Construction

It is all too easy to turn away from conflicts where there is no simple solution, but the spirit of international cooperation demands that we work together to find answers and provide hope - By Yvette Cooper tomorrowsaffairs.com/a-retreat-in... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #MiddleEast #Ukraine

Venezuela’s collapse is not the inevitable fate of an oil rich country or the result of external sanctions but the product of deliberate policies, theft, and squandering - By @dlacalle.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/socialism-no... #Maduro #usvenezuela

Abuses are under-reported because of fear of reprisals and limited access to care in addition to the shame around sexual assault tomorrowsaffairs.com/victims-test... #Mali #Russia

The #Trump administration will probably end up deporting fewer people in 2025 than the Joe #Biden ’s administration did in 2024 - By Jorge G. Castaneda tomorrowsaffairs.com/trumps-immig... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #Immigration

The outcome of the digital euro project will have long-term consequences for the EU's position in the global financial system tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-digital-... @ecb.europa.eu #euro #monetaryPolicy

Companies are positioning themselves for the next decade of #AI growth, and #India could become a central node in that network - By @elisequevedo.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/why-big-tech... #Innovation

Spain’s economy has grown faster than any other #EU nation for a second year in a row, due in part to newcomers boosting its aging workforce tomorrowsaffairs.com/why-is-the-s... #immigration

Can Europe afford the luxury of technological maximalism at a time when its industrial base is weakening and its political cohesion is under strain? tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-2035-ban... #EnergyTransition #EV

West Africans should stop pretending that today’s civilian autocracies are a genuine form of democracy - By Kingsley Moghalu tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-benin-co... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #Benin #Coup #Nigeria #Sahel

The transformation of trade into a strategic weapon in alignment with U.S. international policies, along with heightened competition among allies, has become clearly recognisable as an element threatening global stability - By @emrealkin.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/monroe-doctr... #Strategy

In the sanctions domain, governments learned the hard way that it is better to target specific actors than to impose country-wide restrictions - By Miles Kellerman tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-eus-blac... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #Sanctions #Russia #moneylaundering

The chasm between Chilean perspectives on the status quo underscores not only the depth of #Chile 's divisions but also the stakes of Sunday's showdown tomorrowsaffairs.com/chileans-are... #election2025

France will play its full part in the struggle for our climate and our planet, guided by respect for science, industrial ambition, progress, solidarity, and the exemplary leadership of Europe - By Emmanuel Macron tomorrowsaffairs.com/ten-years-af... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #ParisAgreement

Yemen’s future may hinge on the foreign policy rivalry between the UAE and Saudi Arabia - By Sharmila Devi tomorrowsaffairs.com/risk-of-rene... #Yemen #SaudiArabia #UAE #Houthis

Most worryingly for #Trump , who's become increasingly synonymous with his party, he's slipped on issues that were major strengths tomorrowsaffairs.com/trump-s-hand... #TrumpApproval #Economy

From now on, all key investments will be evaluated according to the same rules and under the same supervisory framework tomorrowsaffairs.com/europe-intro... #EU #Investments

Successive governments have found it easier to default to the craven principle of “not on my watch.” Can Starmer’s government muster the courage finally to do what needs to be done? - By Jim O’Neill tomorrowsaffairs.com/five-major-p... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #Growth

The European Union has taken another step on the journey from being a rule maker to becoming a rule taker - By @ferrybiedermann.com tomorrowsaffairs.com/eu-deregulat... #Regulation

A separatist group has seized control of an oil-rich region in southern #Yemen , shattering a relative calm in the country’s stalemated civil war tomorrowsaffairs.com/escalation-i... #MiddleEast

The surplus of over one trillion dollars does not reflect the stability of China's growth model, but rather the extent of the imbalances that model produces tomorrowsaffairs.com/china-s-trad... #export #Growth

If the EU is to realize its climate goals, without sacrificing its security or competitiveness, it must eschew regulatory determinism in favor of flexibility and pragmatism - By Ana Palacio tomorrowsaffairs.com/climate-poli... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #Climate #EV

Starmer needs to outline a clearer vision of where he would like to see the UK-Europe relationship stand by the end of Labour’s term - By Harvey Morris tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-b-word-i... #EU #Brexit

Lithuania’s government declared a national emergency over security risks posed by meteorological balloons sent from #Belarus that have violated its airspace tomorrowsaffairs.com/belarusian-e... #Lithuania #sanctions

Beijing will gladly accept the offer from #Trump 's strategy to compete with the largest rival, primarily in the economic sphere tomorrowsaffairs.com/can-beijing-... #NationalSecurityStrategy #China

Putin’s visit to New Delhi should serve as a wake-up call for the US: coercion and inconsistency are a sure path to estrangement - By Brahma Chellaney tomorrowsaffairs.com/is-the-us-lo... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #Trump #IndoPacific

A closer political alignment between Putin and Trump would pose a serious threat to Ukraine and to Europe as a whole - By Oleksandr Levchenko tomorrowsaffairs.com/can-ukraine-... #UkraineWar #Trump

EU officials were finalizing a major overhaul of its migration system, including streamlined deportations and increased detentions tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-european... @press.consilium.europa.eu #Immigrants #Asylum

If she succeeds, #Machado may find closer ideological allies not in Washington, but in Berlin, Paris, Warsaw, and Rome - By Piotr H. Kosicki tomorrowsaffairs.com/machados-str... @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #Venezuela