IPS Journal

AI has occupied a curious space in European policy imagination for a while. In an environment of increasingly urgent anxieties around Europe’s decline and pathways to its resurrection, the lack of AI leadership is seen as a…

A warm summer night falls over the red-light district of Angeles City, Philippines. Neon lights flicker as young girls linger outside bars, their faces exhausted. ‘We want to provide for our families. We have to have sex…

In the recent and troubled history of Latin America and the Caribbean, the case of Venezuela, its demolished democracy and its socio-economic tragedy can be seen as a masterclass in institutional failure. Over the last 25…

Good news! For two years now every single UK poll has shown a majority now want to return to the EU. Of course they do, since every reliable source shows the continuing damage done by Brexit in almost every sphere. Those…

The United Nations are alarmed. Only recently, they criticised the human rights situation in Nicaragua and also the constitutional reform that gives President Daniel Ortega almost unlimited power. What is the current…

Banking on a black swan – an unforeseen occurrence with dramatic consequences – is rarely a recipe for success. In the Belarusian context, the use of tactical nuclear weapons, the sudden death of President Aleksandr…

On 1 January 2025, Poland took over the rotating presidency of the European Union for the second time. While this is not unusual for a member state, the exceptional aspect is that the Polish presidency will be led again by…

President Donald Trump won his re-election on the promise of fighting an unprecedented trade war against the rest of the world. He has proposed a universal tariff on all goods imports to the United States of between 10-20…

The Russian gas freeze for Transnistria, which came into effect on 1 January, has triggered a serious energy crisis in the breakaway region of Moldova. How has daily life been affected?

Daily life in the Transnistria region…

When Donald Trump re-enters the White House on 20 January, he will be in a considerably more powerful position than he was when he first became president. In 2017, as in 2025, Trump’s Republican Party enjoyed a ‘trifecta’…