Category: 3. Europe

New research reveals why life expectancy gains have slowed across Europe—and how proactive policies in some countries helped them weather the COVID-19 crisis better than others.

Study: Changing life expectancy in European…

A U.S. withdrawal would not only cost Ukraine about half its arms, it would also deprive the country of many of its “most effective” ones, according to Ben Barry, senior fellow for land warfare at IISS.

Some U.S. systems such as Abrams…

A few weeks ago, I warned that the second Trump administration might be squandering the tolerance and good will that Washington had long received from the world’s major democracies. Instead of seeing the United States as a mostly…

President Trump is committed to ending the Russia-Ukraine war and to a resolution that leads to a lasting peace, not just a temporary pause. This Monday, February 24, will mark three years of…

Institutions established in support of the European Energy Union 

In 2009, the EU adopted rules – known as the Third Energy Package – aimed at further liberalising energy markets and deepening integration. Among other measures,…

Life expectancy improvement is stalling across Europe with England experiencing the biggest slowdown. Experts are blaming this on an alarming mix of poor diet, mass inactivity and soaring obesity.

The average annual growth in life expectancy…

The continent’s defense, technological and industrial capacity should be strengthened quickly using the leverage of the European Union’s regulatory power and its enormous market. To drive this, governments will need to increase…