Baltic countries, long considered an “energy island” cut off from other EU member states, have steadily made efforts to better integrate with their neighbors via Poland (LitPol Link), Sweden (NordBalt) and Finland (Estlink 1 and Estlink 2). On July 16, 2024, the Baltic nations provided formal notice of their exit from the BRELL agreement on Feb

France was forced to end its military campaign against Islamist insurgencies in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali. Many Sahelians equated French operations in the region as Paris meddling in their domestic affairs So African Dawn’s narratives fall on fertile soil – and the timing of its launch in Burkina Faso in July couldn’t be more strategic. Re

Labour’s priority is to reset ties with the European Union and democratic partners, which will realign the country’s alliances and counteract Chinese influence. Promises of a comprehensive ‘audit’ of the United Kingdom’s China relations, signal a deliberate, evidence-based approach — away from the reactive and transactional nature of th

The Russian minister’s pessimism rests on the findings of Russian experts who suggest that in the relatively near future, even the city of Moscow will suffer from power shortages (So-ups.ru, accessed September 17). Another expert has concluded that half or more of Russia’s aging power plants and power distribution networks cannot be repaired, l

The dwindling Soviet reserves may become an important foundation for more protests against Putin’s war in Ukraine, especially as senior members of the Russian government are actively discussing these problems (TASS, September On September 11, Aleksandr Kozlov, the Russian minister for natural resources and ecology, warned that the most easily acc