Myanmar stands at a crossroads between deepening conflict and a transformative opportunity. In this #OpinionCIDOB, Khun Bedu explores how participatory local governance in Karenni offers a fragile but significant alternative model that could reshape Myanmar’s political future
Beyond Myanmar’s new government: Karenni’s experiment with local governance
*Written with the support of Sir Charles Petrie Bt, OBE, Former United Nations Assistant Secretary General.Myanmar stands at a crossroads between deepening
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April 28, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Myanmar stands at a crossroads between deepening conflict and a transformative opportunity. In this #OpinionCIDOB, Khun Bedu explores how participatory local governance in Karenni offers a fragile but significant alternative model that could reshape Myanmar’s political future
El nuevo acuerdo entre la Unión Europea y el Mercosur ha recibido respuestas desiguales ¿Es posible llegar a un acuerdo o la UE seguirá la estela del repliegue de Washington? Lo analizan @ayusoanna.bsky.social y Susanne Gratius en una nueva #OpinionCIDOB
Una nueva oportunidad para el acuerdo UE-Mercosur en tiempos convulsos
El nuevo acuerdo entre la Unión Europea y el Mercosur ha recibido respuestas desiguales: los entusiastas señalan las oportunidades para relanzar un comerci
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February 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
El nuevo acuerdo entre la Unión Europea y el Mercosur ha recibido respuestas desiguales ¿Es posible llegar a un acuerdo o la UE seguirá la estela del repliegue de Washington? Lo analizan @ayusoanna.bsky.social y Susanne Gratius en una nueva #OpinionCIDOB
'In missing its climate targets, the EU is endangering its green leadership and itself' new #OpinionCIDOB ahead of COP30 by Matthew McLaughlan Merelo, Junior Visiting Fellow at the 5th edition of #TalentGlobal Programme by CIDOB and Banco Sabadell Foundation
In missing its climate targets, the EU is endangering its green leadership and itself
The European Union has reached an agreement on its 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in a final-hour deal ahead of COP30. However, for Europe,
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November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
'In missing its climate targets, the EU is endangering its green leadership and itself' new #OpinionCIDOB ahead of COP30 by Matthew McLaughlan Merelo, Junior Visiting Fellow at the 5th edition of #TalentGlobal Programme by CIDOB and Banco Sabadell Foundation
Can Trump make a deal on Western Sahara? "While UN-led diplomacy remains stuck, a negotiated deal is still possible. But it will require effective pressure from the US and Europe to encourage Morocco and the Polisario to compromise", new #OpinionCIDOB by Hugh Lovatt
Can Trump make a deal on Western Sahara?
As it happened in his first presidential tenure, Donald Trump’s return to the White House could have an impact in the latent conflict between Morocco and t
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January 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Can Trump make a deal on Western Sahara? "While UN-led diplomacy remains stuck, a negotiated deal is still possible. But it will require effective pressure from the US and Europe to encourage Morocco and the Polisario to compromise", new #OpinionCIDOB by Hugh Lovatt
"While Trump’s second term may bring about areas of friction in US-India relations, New Delhi approaches the outcome of the 2024 elections with relative confidence", @patriziacogo.bsky.social explores why India welcomes Trump’s return to the White House #OpinionCIDOB
Why India Is Confident vis-à-vis Trump 2.0
While Trump’s second term may bring about areas of friction in U.S.-India relations, New Delhi approaches the outcome of the 2024 U.S. elections with relat
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December 5, 2024 at 1:55 PM
"While Trump’s second term may bring about areas of friction in US-India relations, New Delhi approaches the outcome of the 2024 elections with relative confidence", @patriziacogo.bsky.social explores why India welcomes Trump’s return to the White House #OpinionCIDOB
"El reconocimiento de Palestina es necesario. Pero que dicho reconocimiento llegue en medio de un genocidio y sin ir acompañado de sanciones ni de costes reales para Israel pone en cuestión la sinceridad del gesto", nueva #OpinionCIDOB de Moussa Bourekba
Reconocimiento de Palestina: un gesto vacío en tiempos de genocidio
Sin lugar a dudas, el reconocimiento de Palestina por parte de distintos gobiernos occidentales es necesario. Pero que dicho reconocimiento llegue en medio
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September 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"El reconocimiento de Palestina es necesario. Pero que dicho reconocimiento llegue en medio de un genocidio y sin ir acompañado de sanciones ni de costes reales para Israel pone en cuestión la sinceridad del gesto", nueva #OpinionCIDOB de Moussa Bourekba
"Trump and Putin share a view that drags us back to the past, to a conception of relations between states and people that is precisely what European construction sought to leave behind", 'Against the obscurantist international', new #OpinionCIDOB by Carmen Claudín
Against the obscurantist international
*This article was previously published in El País.“Here we are. The end of globalism. The end of Ukraine. The end of Canada. The End of EU. Enough. Let’s s
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March 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Trump and Putin share a view that drags us back to the past, to a conception of relations between states and people that is precisely what European construction sought to leave behind", 'Against the obscurantist international', new #OpinionCIDOB by Carmen Claudín
"While Trump’s second term may bring about areas of friction in US-India relations, New Delhi approaches the outcome of the 2024 elections with relative confidence" @patriziacogo.bsky.social explores why India welcomes Trump’s return to the White House #OpinionCIDOB
Why India Is Confident vis-à-vis Trump 2.0
While Trump’s second term may bring about areas of friction in U.S.-India relations, New Delhi approaches the outcome of the 2024 U.S. elections with relat
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December 10, 2024 at 8:51 AM
"While Trump’s second term may bring about areas of friction in US-India relations, New Delhi approaches the outcome of the 2024 elections with relative confidence" @patriziacogo.bsky.social explores why India welcomes Trump’s return to the White House #OpinionCIDOB
A series of recent events aimed at ending the Russo – Ukrainian war revealed the pivotal momentum in the entire Euro-Atlantic security order. In this #OpinionCIDOB, Andrey Makarychev examines this dynamic through the prism of international relations
Exceptional times in the Euro-Atlantic security order: lessons from Washington and London
A series of recent events aimed at ending the Russo – Ukrainian war, including the spectacular visit of President Volodymir Zelensky to the White House and
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March 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A series of recent events aimed at ending the Russo – Ukrainian war revealed the pivotal momentum in the entire Euro-Atlantic security order. In this #OpinionCIDOB, Andrey Makarychev examines this dynamic through the prism of international relations
A series of recent events aimed at ending the Russo – Ukrainian war revealed the pivotal momentum in the entire Euro-Atlantic security order. In this #OpinionCIDOB, Andrey Makarychev examines this dynamic through the prism of international relations
Exceptional times in the Euro-Atlantic security order: lessons from Washington and London
A series of recent events aimed at ending the Russo – Ukrainian war, including the spectacular visit of President Volodymir Zelensky to the White House and
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March 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A series of recent events aimed at ending the Russo – Ukrainian war revealed the pivotal momentum in the entire Euro-Atlantic security order. In this #OpinionCIDOB, Andrey Makarychev examines this dynamic through the prism of international relations
"What the Kremlin pursues – and Washington appears to be ready to hand it to it on a plate – is a mutilated and “neutral” Ukraine, that is to say, at the mercy of Moscow. Are we Europeans going to allow that?", writes Carmen Claudín in this #OpinionCIDOB
Against the obscurantist international
*This article was previously published in El País.“Here we are. The end of globalism. The end of Ukraine. The end of Canada. The End of EU. Enough. Let’s s
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March 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"What the Kremlin pursues – and Washington appears to be ready to hand it to it on a plate – is a mutilated and “neutral” Ukraine, that is to say, at the mercy of Moscow. Are we Europeans going to allow that?", writes Carmen Claudín in this #OpinionCIDOB
"The fall of the Barnier government highlights the failure of mainstream French parties to exclude populist groups, leading to political paralysis and a fiscal crisis exacerbated by economic stagnation", new #OpinionCIDOB by Francis Ghilès on why Barnier’s government fell
Why Barnier’s government fell
The fall of the Barnier government highlights the failure of mainstream French parties to exclude populist groups, leading to political paralysis and a fis
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December 10, 2024 at 11:28 AM
"The fall of the Barnier government highlights the failure of mainstream French parties to exclude populist groups, leading to political paralysis and a fiscal crisis exacerbated by economic stagnation", new #OpinionCIDOB by Francis Ghilès on why Barnier’s government fell