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Anti-migrant sentiment on the rise across Africa

Politics Sharmila Devi - September 18, 2026.

Rising xenophobia is creating domestic conniptions across Africa in an echo of the anti-migrant passions unleashed in the West. In Kenya, President William Ruto has led...

Are the pillars of German democracy crumbling?

EU Joschka Fischer - September 27, 2026.

On September 6, the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) won 43.8% of the vote in the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, falling just short of...

Why the lessons of 9/11 matter in an age of hybrid escalation

US Sean Wiswesser - September 12, 2026.

Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, there is a lesson from that terrible morning that America and its allies cannot afford to forget: deterrence fails...

As Washington freaks out over AI, Trump declares full speed ahead

US James Oliphant - September 22, 2026.

In a week in which Washington seemed to lose its collective mind over the existential dangers posed by artificial intelligence, perhaps the strangest sight of...

European customs will no longer begin at the border

EU TA Analysis - September 24, 2026.

The European Union has completed the political and legal elements of the biggest reform of its customs union since 1968. The new Union Customs Code was...

Mélenchon wants part of France's debt cancelled – to borrow even more

EU Daniel Lacalle - September 14, 2026.

A write-off is not a gift. It is the official recognition that the issuer cannot pay. Jean-Luc Mélenchon has found the perfect campaign promise, one that...

Merz’s government doubles down on unpopular reforms despite electoral defeat

EU TA | AP Insight - September 7, 2026.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz doubled down Monday on pushing through unpopular reforms to Europe’s largest economy after a far-right party surged to a landslide victory...

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