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23. Andrew Hammod

Before COP 28, Europe's global green leadership grows

Since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) last year in Washington, there has been a huge focus on the resurgence of U.S. green leadership. However, under the global radar in North America, far less attention is - surprisingly - paid to Canada’s burgeoning credentials in this area.

2023-11-28 16:35

Why world is watching Europe's last big election of 2023

The phrase 'Double Dutch’ is sometimes defined as an unintelligible language. That phrase seems an apt description of the upcoming election in the Netherlands which is hugely difficult to decipher the result of.

2023-11-20 16:20

Why Europe is about to get bigger

The eyes of much of Europe are, squarely, on next year’s key European Parliament elections. Yet, an increasing number of key EU officials, including Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, are looking further ahead to the Europe of the 2030s by which time the bloc could have grown to over 30 members.

2023-11-12 16:20

Foreign affairs dominates domestic policy at EU summit

With the EU’s big 2024 election year fast approaching, there is much important domestic policy business for the bloc to attend to. However, foreign policy ultimately topped the agenda at the European summit of 27 presidents and prime ministers in Brussels on Thursday and Friday, in what may be a prelude of troubled months to come, internationally.

2023-10-31 16:35

Ukraine looks like long war, 600 days in

As the Ukraine war moves past its 600th day of grinding war, a potentially significant new dynamic is opening that could change the course of its war effort.

2023-10-23 16:35

As COP approaches, rare ray of optimism

The debate about climate change is often unremittingly bleak given the existential threat that global warming could pose for the planet. However, as COP 28 approaches this autumn, a rare ray of optimism was delivered last week in an agenda-setting International Energy Agency (IEA) annual report.

2023-10-04 16:30

Has Northern Ireland become Europe's Hong Kong?

The distance between Northern Ireland and “Asian Tiger” Hong Kong is over 6,000 miles. Yet the U.K. government hopes that the former could become a modern-day version of the latter, post-Brexit.

2023-09-20 16:49

European president sets out second term vision

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave on Wednesday what may be the most important speech of her life, potentially her last ever annual “state-of-the-union” address to the EU.

2023-09-18 16:35

UK's failing green leadership is tragedy for world

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, unexpectedly, in early August decided to grant 100 new licenses for oil and gas production in the North Sea. His intent is to open up new fossil fuel energy sources, but he has also begun a huge political furor about the U.K.'s net zero commitments.

2023-08-17 16:35

Can climate change cooperation curb chill in China-EU ties?

The conventional wisdom about the chill in China-Europe ties, which dates back till at least the pandemic, is that it may now be irreversible. However, not all of the bilateral relationship is in “deep freeze.”

2023-07-16 16:35

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