On September 9, 2025 around 19 to 23 Russian drones entered Polish airspace before being intercepted and shot down by Polish and NATO fighter jets causing immense public and global outrage. The incident is considered the most serious security violation…
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In Need of a Hardware Update: An Analysis of the EU’s Chips Act In August of 2025, Intel Corporation, the U.S. based semiconductor manufacturer, officially canceled the construction of its new €30 billion semiconductor factory in Magdeburg, Germany, symbolizing Europe’s…
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Though the name of the German political party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, or Die Grünen (the Greens), refers primarily to their former single-issue environmentalist mission, the party has long advocated for the decriminalization and legalization of another kind of green: marijuana. …
Read More The Traffic Light Coalition’s Plan for Community-Grown Cannabis in Germany
International sports competitions have long served as a theater of nationalistic symbolism. Competitors act as proxies for their countries, carrying their name and reputation onto the field of play. And nowhere is this more evident than in Russia. Since the…
Read More State Symbols on Skates: The Politics of Russian Sports During the War in Ukraine
Pressure mounts on Western Europe to export much-needed tanks to Ukraine.
In an effort to reduce its dependency on Russian gas, the European Union has turned to another dictatorship — except this time, it is one that has been terrorizing the South Caucasus since 2020. The dictatorship in question is Azerbaijan.…
Read More Europe’s dependence on Azerbaijani gas replaces one dictatorship for another
“Give us your weapons — we will return what is ours,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his recent address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. President Zelensky’s comments reflect his sentiments to take back “Ukrainian historical lands,”…
GPI fellow Ezi examines disparities amongst regufees in a background guide for our 2023 Think-a-Thon.
GPI sits down with an artist reintroducing the genocide against ethnic Georgians in Abkhazia
Why the death of Queen Elizabeth II will not be the catalyst of newfound independence for Commonwealth member states
