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The EU’s flagging credibility in the Middle East
Europe

The EU’s flagging credibility in the Middle East

Hobbled by its own requirements for consensus decision making, its Red Sea operation and internal struggles over the Gaza war undermine its influence

Munich dispatch: Gaza 'wind blowing against the West'
Middle East

Munich dispatch: Gaza 'wind blowing against the West'

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warns the world smells hypocrisy as Israel readies death blow in Rafah

EU-NATO countries entirely split over Israel, Iran, and Houthis
Europe

EU-NATO countries entirely split over Israel, Iran, and Houthis

To follow the US or not into conflict — that is the question

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Europe

Did EU call for warships in the Taiwan Strait fall on deaf ears?

Face it, there's no collective European navy, and individual members don't have the capacity to make a difference in Asia.

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Europe

Josep Borrell's 'jungle' trope was no slip of the tongue

EU's foreign policy chief suggests Europe has to unite to tame what's outside its own tidy garden, raising awkward colonial connotations.