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Europe must fin a way to the art of a non-Russian peace deal in Ukraine, or it will face its 21st century moment. There are ways to achieve this, but bold actions are required to convince the Trump administration. With US president Trump living up to his campaign promise to quickly end the war in Ukraine through what Ukraine and Europe fear would be a Russian peace without their involvement, Europe collectively faces its 21st century Suez moment. A Russian strategic victory i

The European Union and its leaders know what to do, they even know how to do it, but they do not know how to pay for it. How can we solve this curse? ‘We all know what we have to do, but we don’t know how to get re-elected once we’ve done it.’ Thus spoke Jean-Claude Juncker as then President of the Eurogroup back in 2007. Fast forward to 2025, Europe’s new ‘Juncker curse’ is that its politicians know what they have to do but don’t know how to pay for it. Call it Von der Leyen

2025: we will soon be as far removed from 2000 as we are from 2050! What are the inflection points and future questions on humanity’s road to 2050? Full text of a NY essay that was published by the Itinera Institute. The end of the new year 2025 will mark the end of the first quarter of the 21st century. We will be as far removed from the year 2000 as we are from the year 2050. 2000 feels like yesterday for those who around then, but how different the world has become! Our wo