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Europe’s corruption problem extends beyond the East–West divide, researchers warn
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Corruption in Europe is often portrayed as a problem concentrated in Eastern member states, while Western Europe...
EU squeezed between US and China as trade pressures intensify in 2025
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union has come under mounting pressure in 2025 from both the United States and China,...
EU prepares €1.2tn upgrade of electricity grids, identifies eight priority projects to speed up renewables rollout
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Commission has selected eight flagship projects under its forthcoming “Grids Package,” a sweeping plan aimed...
EU’s Kallas downplays harsh US security report, urges unity with Washington
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has called for maintaining transatlantic unity after the Trump administration’s...
EU agrees on phased ban of Russian gas imports by 2027
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have reached a political agreement on a...
Europe faces power constraints but sees long-term advantages in next-generation data-centre buildout
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Europe is entering a decisive phase of data-centre expansion as the global AI boom drives demand for...
EU softens public tone on China as Brussels pushes for rare-earth deal and seeks to unblock Nexperia chip supplies
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Under mounting pressure from China’s tight controls on rare earths and the escalating dispute over chipmaker Nexperia,...
Migrants return to West Africa disillusioned as EU-funded reintegration program fails to deliver
CONAKRY (Realist English). When Oumar Bella Diallo, 24, boarded a flight home to Guinea in July, he believed his exhausting...
Von der Leyen skips Starmer meeting amid row over €6.5bn EU payment demand
LONDON (Realist English). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declined to meet UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
Pentagon withdraws troops from Germany: minus 5,000 soldiers in Europe and cancellation of a missile battalion
BERLIN (Realist English). On 2 May, the Pentagon officially announced the withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next...
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