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Europe News Digest (1-15 July, 2025)

Kyiv Hit by Barrage of Drone Strikes as Putin rejects Trump's Truce Bid On July 3, one person has been killed and 26 others were injured after a night of intensive Russian strikes on almost every district in Kyiv. The strikes came hours after a call...

The 2025 NATO Summit: New Military Ambitions and Fiscal Realities

NATO concluded a historic summit in The Hague on 24-25 June, 2025. At the formal session of the NATO Heads of State, leaders of the Member States adopted a summit declaration setting a new commitment for defence investment; a benchmark never seen...

Neighbourhood News Digest - 10 July 2025

Afghanistan Islamic Emirate Rejects ICC Arrest Warrants, Cites Double Standards- Tolo News Following the issuance of arrest warrants for the leader of the Islamic Emirate, Sheikh Hibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, Chief Justice of the...

Neighbourhood News Digest - 26 June 2025

Afghanistan Pakistan to begin third phase of forced deportation of Afghan refugees-The Khaama Press The Pakistani government will initiate the third phase of forced deportations of Afghan refugees in five days. The Ministry of Interior has set a...

Strategic Shifts and the Panama Ports Deal

Introduction For the past few weeks, all eyes have been on a multibillion-dollar deal that was supposed to be signed early this month and would lead to the transfer of control of approximately 43 ports across 23 countries. However, it has instead...

Europe News Digest (16-30 April, 2025)

Trump and Meloni talk up Chances of US Trade Deal with Europe Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni talked up the chances of a trade deal between the US and Europe, as the Italian prime minister visited Washington. "There will be a trade deal, 100%,"...

From Sanctions to Nuclear Deterrence: Europe’s Peace Plan for Ukraine

With almost two months behind since the start of negotiations between the United States and Russia on the war in Ukraine, Russia’s recent deadly missile attacks on Zelenskyy’s hometown Kryvyi Rih on April 4 and the Ukrainian city of Sumy on April 13...

Europe News Digest (1-15 April, 2025)

Trump Unveils 10% Tariff on all Imports to US and 20% on the EU US President Donald Trump unveiled the much-anticipated “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs in a speech at the White House Rose Garden, imposing a minimum 10% tariff on all countries...

Tariffs from an American Perspective: Reshaping of US Economic Model

Tariffs have once again emerged as a cornerstone of US economic policy under the Trump 2.0 administration. On April 2, 2025, President Donald J. Trump declared a national emergency[1], citing the $1.2 trillion US trade deficit as a threat to...

Trump, India and Tariffs

The initial round of bilateral discussion on the India-US BTA (Bilateral Trade Agreement) concluded on March 29, after intense discussions between the two country’s delegation. Not much is known about the final results of the four-day talks other...

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