Fast tracking Ukraine

6 July 2022

Granting candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova in June 2022 was an important and worthwhile step taken by the EU. Yet, as currently devised, …

Classical liberalism vs liberal internationalism

Dr Edwin van de Haar // 10 June 2022

In his speech to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos last month, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that ‘protection of our values …

It is not NATO that is destabilising Europe

Andreas Johansson Heinö // 31 March 2022

In August 1993, Russian President Boris Yeltsin travelled to Poland for an unplanned visit. The staff of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs was …

Supporting Ukraine

Alexander Hammond // 9 March 2022

Since the war in Ukraine intensified, a strong network of civil society united to help as much on the ground as possible.
Besides donations …

The battle for free societies

28 February 2022

Many classical liberals dedicate their professional lives to making their societies freer, fairer, and more prosperous. We are battling bad ideas that would impoverish …

Classical liberalism and the geopolitical stand-off with Russia

Edwin van de Haar // 7 January 2022

Generations of students of international relations (IR) at British universities have learned that liberals detest war and actively seek possibilities to eradicate conflict out …

Nord Stream 2: further weakening EU strategy on Russia

Giulia Honegger // 23 July 2021

The recent outrage sparked by the German-Franco proposal of an EU-Russia summit for Poland and the Baltic States shows how deeply the EU is …

Web of Gazprom: Will Europe escape?

Anna Jandura-Cessna // 31 January 2018

Disputes between Russian Gas powerhouse Gazprom and Ukraine’s national gas company Naftogaz have sparked a firestorm of political and economic debate. The “biggest commercial …