Hartmut Bühl – European News Journal, Paris The humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s unwavering determination to seize Gaza City by military force and push its population south have prompted several UN member states to add their names to the long list of countries that…
By PD Dr ANTJE NÖTZOLD – Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Munich/Chemnitz While China’s Space Program 2021 formulated Beijing’s ambitious vision “to strengthen its space presence in an all-round manner” the US National Security Strategy 2022 clearly stated: “America will maintain our position as the world’s leader in space”. Space is…
Commentary by HARTMUT BÜHL – European News Journal, Paris Peace in Ukraine remains far from sight and Europe continues to be subject to Trump’s whims. The meeting in Alaska in August 2025, for example, was supposed to focus on a ceasefire in Ukraine, but the impression left by this summit…
By our Eastern Europe correspondent Prof IOAN MIRCEA PAȘCU, former Romanian Defence Minister, Bucharest (Last update: 29 September 2025) The Black Sea is a war zone; active military operations are taking place both in the West of the region, against the Ukrainian ports on the Danube, just across from Romania,…
by NANNETTE CAZAUBON, European News Journal, Paris Throughout history, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) materials have enabled medical advances, powered industry, and supported modern agriculture, energy, and scientific discovery. However, this potential, which drives progress, can also pose serious risks, such as accidental chemical leaks, deliberate biological attacks, radiological…
Hartmut Bühl, European News Journal, Paris Chinese President Xi Jinping’s dreams of establishing a new world order without American dominance and prioritising the “Global South” took tangible form at the 25th Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), bringing together more than 20 leaders of non-Western countries in Tianjin, China,…
By SINEAD O’SULLIVAN – Space and Defence economist, Boston President Trump’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal would slash NASA’s funding from roughly $25bn in 2025 to just $18.8bn—a reduction of nearly 25%. Science programs would bear the brunt, with nearly half of all Earth‑ and space‑science missions on the chopping block. Such deep cuts threaten…
We asked General (ret.) JEAN-MARC VIGILANT, Paris HARTMUT BÜHL – European News Journal, Paris US President Donald Trump declared after the NATO summit in The Hague that he had achieved a “monumental win for the United States” by securing a commitment from European NATO countries to spend an unprecedented 5%…
By our Asia correspondent HIDESHI TOKUCHI – President of the Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS), Tokyo Japan’s neighbourhood is an increasingly unstable region with the potential for conflict. Three powers in the region have nuclear weapons: Russia, China and North Korea. As China and North Korea have been…
Hartmut Bühl – European News Journal, Paris In the tariff war with Europe, the European Commission’s task was to prevent things from worsening. It is too easy to accuse Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission II of capitulation, as it had to align the interests of 27 nations within a crystal-clear…
