EU-Africa relations need a new strategy
Deeper and more systemic relations between the European Union and Africa, Nicoletta Pirozzi writes, would benefit both continents.
Realising Europe’s geopolitical vocation
Can the European Political Community be the backbone of a new European security architecture? Nicoletta Pirozzi asks.
EU foreign & security policy: flexibility and leadership
Nicoletta Pirozzi argues that to mitigate its foreign policy dysfunctionalities the EU needs to end the unanimity requirement.
Has the war in Ukraine made the EU a geopolitical actor?
Suddenly, Nicoletta Pirozzi writes, the EU’s ‘geopolitical’ claims have become essential, not aspirational.
Democracy and security in the EU’s neighbourhood
Nicoletta Pirozzi opens a Social Europe column by sketching the political vision the EU must hold out to its neighbours such as Ukraine.
Grassroots online support and progressive political innovation
There is a widespread sense of a crisis of representation in Europe. Can a platform for crowdfunding and volunteering support political innovation?