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Eurasian Economic Influence

December 22, 2025
Business/Trade Wars

EU Trade Ambitions Stumble as Mercosur Deal Delayed Again

The European Union’s effort to clinch its largest-ever free-trade agreement has been thrown into uncertainty after leaders failed to finalize the long-delayed Mercosur pact, dealing a blow to Brussels’ ambitions to assert

Russia/World

EU Leaders Face Critical Test Over Using Frozen Russian Assets to Fund Ukraine

European Union leaders gathered in Brussels on Thursday for a high-stakes summit aimed at resolving disputes over whether to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s ongoing war effort. The summit, described by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas as

December 19, 2025

EU Targets Temu, Shein, and Amazon with New Ecommerce Liability Rules

Business

The European Union is set to introduce new reforms aimed at holding ecommerce platforms such as Temu, Shein, and Amazon Marketplace accountable for selling

Mercedes Chief Urges EU to Welcome Chinese Car Factories

Business/Electric vehicles

The CEO of Mercedes-Benz, Ola Källenius, has urged the European Union to take a more cooperative approach towards Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, encouraging

EU Trade Ambitions Stumble as Mercosur Deal Delayed Again

December 22, 2025
Business/Trade Wars

The European Union’s effort to clinch its largest-ever free-trade agreement has been thrown into uncertainty after leaders failed to finalize the long-delayed Mercosur pact, dealing a blow to Brussels’ ambitions to assert

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EU Leaders Face Critical Test Over Using Frozen Russian Assets to Fund Ukraine

December 19, 2025
Russia/World

European Union leaders gathered in Brussels on Thursday for a high-stakes summit aimed at resolving disputes over whether to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s ongoing war effort. The summit, described

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EU Targets Temu, Shein, and Amazon with New Ecommerce Liability Rules

February 2, 2025
Business

The European Union is set to introduce new reforms aimed at holding ecommerce platforms such as Temu, Shein, and Amazon Marketplace accountable for selling dangerous or illegal goods, especially those imported from

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Mercedes Chief Urges EU to Welcome Chinese Car Factories

January 20, 2025
Business/Electric vehicles

The CEO of Mercedes-Benz, Ola Källenius, has urged the European Union to take a more cooperative approach towards Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, encouraging them to open production facilities in Europe rather

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Europe’s Carmakers Face Steep Carbon Credit Costs from Chinese Rivals

January 18, 2025
Business/Electric vehicles

European automakers, particularly Volkswagen, are facing the potential of paying substantial sums to Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers for carbon credits, as they struggle to meet the European Union’s (EU) 2025 emissions

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Is the West Losing Its Edge in ‘Color Revolutions’?

December 3, 2024
Columns/Geopolitics

A ‘color revolution’, as we define it, is a mass uprising fueled by the rejection of official election results, backed by political, diplomatic, and financial support from external forces. This idea first

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Inside Story: How Washington Manipulates the EU

November 7, 2024
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

Within the ordinary institutions of Washington government—systematically so since around the mid-1970’s when George Herbert Walker Bush became head of CIA—the Constitutional safeguards to protect genuine representative democracy in America were subverted.

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How Extensive is the Privatization of Security?

September 11, 2024
Business

In August 2024, due to a $4 million budget shortfall, Idaho’s Caldwell School District terminated its $296,807 contract with the local police department, opting instead for armed guards from Eagle Eye Security.

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Belt and Road Initiative: A Critical Analysis

August 26, 2024
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

The Asia-Pacific region seems captivated by China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which primarily focuses on developing infrastructure in participating countries. According to Eric Brown, a research analyst specializing in geopolitical economic

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