Mark Leonard, Special to Gulf News

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Expansion will have far-reaching implications for EU

Debate surrounding EU’s potential expansion no longer about Ukraine and western Balkans

Europe is on the cusp of a new era. The current situation is reminiscent of the post-Cold War years, when European leaders debated whether to enlarge the bloc or deepen its integration

A moment of reckoning at Davos

At the World Economic Forum, geopolitical takeover of globalisation was almost complete

The geopolitical takeover of globalisation is almost complete, and its primacy will almost certainly outlast the war in Ukraine

Europe has a massive soft power problem

European project an attempt to transcend continent’s history of nationalism, imperialism

There has been a paradigm shift that may have profound implications for everyone, but especially for Europe

The meaning of AUKUS defence deal in today’s world

Australia’s pact with US-UK signifies role of China as a fierce rival and competitor

US has ‘no closer ally than Australia’, Biden said after Aukus pact

Afghan tragedy and the age of unpeace

The world has entered an era of perpetual competition among powerful states

The forever war in Afghanistan is finally over. The age of unpeace has begun.

Has Germany grown tired of the European project?

German trust in the EU seems to have collapsed during the COVID-19 pandemic

After her 16-year reign as Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel is exiting the scene in a few months

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