By Gerhard Arnold, Würzburg Our expert on the Middle East describes why the two neighbours and former allies have increasingly become adversaries in recent years. The air strike on the port of Mukalla (Yemen) On 30 December 2025, Saudi fighter jets bombed the port of Mukalla in Yemen. The targets…
By our Asia correspondent HIDESHI TOKUCHI, President of the Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS), Tokyo The Japanese have become more security-minded in recent years, witnessing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, China’s assertive behaviour at sea such as increasing pressure on Taiwan, and North Korea’s nuclear and missile ambitions.…
Guest commentary by JEAN-DOMINIQUE GIULIANI – Robert Schuman Foundation, Paris It’s now official! The publication of the US National Security Strategy on 5 December 2025 confirms what was already apparent: the President of the United States considers Europe to be in decline and intends to reverse its policies by promoting…
By MIHAI POPȘOI, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, Chişinău From the ENJ magazine, no1/Dec 2025: Moldova’s foreign affairs minister provides insight into the hybrid war Russia is waging against his country, Moldova’s strategy to reduce vulnerabilities, and how the overwhelmingly pro-European population defended…
By DAVID MCALLISTER MEP – Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament, Brussels/Strasbourg Europe finds itself at a turning point. The world around us is marked by mounting instability, shifting alliances, and the return of power politics. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has shattered the illusion of…
A review and outlook by our expert on the Middle East, GERHARD ARNOLD, Würzburg Almost exactly two years after its beginning on 7 October 2023, the bloodiest and most destructive Middle East war to date has come to an end. It began with a major offensive by Hamas, the most…
We asked Prof Dr THOMAS JÄGER from the University of Cologne HARTMUT BÜHL – European News Journal, Paris It seems evident that Donald Trump, since the start of his current US presidency, has had the intention of modifying the institutional balance on the base of a strategy (“unified executive” approach) aiming…
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 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…
