Petros Lazos

1 month ago | eurotopics.net | Holly Baxter |Dominique Moisi |Luis Delgado |Petros Lazos

Following Macron's visit, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is heading to Washington towards the end of the week. The Independent offers tips for dealing with Trump: “The simple fact is that Europe has tied itself to the US so strongly - in terms of trade, in terms of culture, in terms of military protection - that it cannot simply freeze it out.

Dec 2, 2024 | eurotopics.net | Anders Jerichow |Séverin Husson |Petros Lazos |Friederike Böge

02 December 2024After eight years, rebels are back in the Syrian city of Aleppo. An alliance led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) swiftly seized control of the city in the north of the country. The HTS is seen as the successor to the Al-Nusra Front, which was aligned with Al-Qaeda. Syria's ruler Bashar al-Assad has already announced a counter-offensive. The latest developments threaten to reignite the civil war.

Oct 8, 2024 | eurotopics.net | Robert Stefanicki |Pascal Bruckner |Petros Lazos |Michail Gurevich

Netanyahu's western partners should stop their half-hearted warnings and take real action, writes Der Spiegel: “Driven by the fear that Lebanon could 'turn into a new Gaza', French President Emmanuel Macron called over the weekend for a return to a political solution and an end to deliveries of arms 'used for fighting in Gaza'. Germany and other European states, but above all the US, should back this demand.