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As the nominee to serve as the EU's next High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell will have an opportunity to update Europe's approach to foreign policy. Chief among the challenges facing the bloc is to reassert its own sovereignty in an age of great-power politics.

Europe risks irrelevance in the age of great power competition

An unpredictable US, rising China and revanchist Russia pose serious strategic challenges

Prominent Europeans call for change in approach to EU foreign policy

Now that Ursula von der Leyen has been appointed European Commission President, European governments must turn their focus on how Europe can stand up for itself and its citizens

Seven trials for von der Leyen

Seven key challenges lie ahead of von der Leyen who will have to invent a magic formula to solve the political puzzles of the European Union

Whose World Order?

Gaza reconstruction: The new Israeli strategy

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How Hong Kong’s protests weaken Xi Jinping’s strongman image

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