Is the EU dropping the ball on Serbia? On ⁦Tomorrow’s Affairs⁩ tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-eus-serbia…

A government plan, in line with UN resolutions to disarm the still dominant #Hezbollah movement, is reviving fears of civil war or at least conflict - By Ferry Biedermann tomorrowsaffairs.com/will-hezbollah… Prime Minister of Israel #Lebanon #Syria

Lebanon, still caught between so many rocks and hard places… my latest for ⁦Tomorrow’s Affairs⁩ tomorrowsaffairs.com/will-hezbollah…

Increased political polarisation, the rise of the far-right and populist parties, the decline of traditional centre-left and centre-right parties appear to undermine the durability of European governments - By Ferry Biedermann tomorrowsaffairs.com/frances-politi… Emmanuel Macron #Populism

C’est le bordel, as they say in France… my latest for ⁦Tomorrow’s Affairs⁩ tomorrowsaffairs.com/frances-politi…

Harsh migration measures offer no solution to the much bigger questions of our time. They do not address the West’s demographic decline, nor its need for foreign labour - By Ferry Biedermann tomorrowsaffairs.com/effectiveness-… Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz #Immigration #asylum

Muscular migration controls are having their day - My latest for ⁦Tomorrow’s Affairs⁩ tomorrowsaffairs.com/effectiveness-…

Norwegian Labour’s resurrection might offer hope to left and centre parties elsewhere currently languishing in polls that are led by the far-right - By Ferry Biedermann tomorrowsaffairs.com/despite-a-win-… Jonas Gahr Støre #Norway #election2025

Even in wealthy Norway, the far-right has the momentum - my latest for ⁦Tomorrow’s Affairs⁩ tomorrowsaffairs.com/despite-a-win-…

There is blood in the geopolitical water, and the sharks are circling to tear pieces off a floundering Europe - By Ferry Biedermann tomorrowsaffairs.com/is-europe-over… Keir Starmer Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz Emmanuel Macron Mark Rutte #UkraineWar

. Donald J. Trump appears to have engaged in a damage-limitation exercise aimed at Arab and Muslim leaders - By Ferry Biedermann tomorrowsaffairs.com/has-trump-shor… #dohaattack #Israel Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו #Egypt

Can the US still be trusted to underwrite the Middle East’s creaking Pax Americana? My latest for ⁦Tomorrow’s Affairs⁩ tomorrowsaffairs.com/has-trump-shor…

Art in Erdoğan’s long shadow - ⁦The New World: New ideas. New magazine⁩ thenewworld.co.uk/ferry-biederma…

The current right-wing #populism thrives on promoting hatred, both towards vulnerable minorities and elites, and then crying wolf when called out on it - By Ferry Biedermann tomorrowsaffairs.com/europes-populi… Andrej Babiš Geert Wilders

Even if they don’t get to govern everywhere right now, Europe’s populists are still on the rise… my latest for ⁦Tomorrow’s Affairs⁩ tomorrowsaffairs.com/europes-populi…

It is hard to contemplate Trump’s #Ukraine policy without taking into account his, and his administration’s, deep-seated hostility towards the #EU - By Ferry Biedermann tomorrowsaffairs.com/ukraine-fatigu… Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський #UkraineWar

If there is growing Ukraine fatigue in Europe it appears to be mostly on the political level - my latest for ⁦Tomorrow’s Affairs⁩ tomorrowsaffairs.com/ukraine-fatigu…

So this happened- Tilda Swinton ⁦Eye Film⁩ - my review in ⁦The New World: New ideas. New magazine⁩ thenewworld.co.uk/ferry-biederma…

Antimicrobial resistance, climate change and artificial superintelligence, all pose relatively imminent and growing dangers to humanity - By Ferry Biedermann tomorrowsaffairs.com/were-only-gett… #AMR #AI #climate

Dutch elections curtain raiser for The New World: New ideas. New magazine thenewworld.co.uk/ferry-biederma…