Shared values and their limits
Where the "shared values" narrative holds up in business practice, and where it breaks down.
What the African Union and regional bodies publish about Europe, filtered daily.
Most think tanks approach the Africa-Europe relationship through the lens of policy or development. Neither of these lenses puts business at the centre, yet business is where we see the impact of policy, it either works…
Which themes six leading Africa–Europe think tanks cover, and where the gaps for business are.
African countries are used to the fact that false promises and fickle friends abound. We’ve seen this with the US, and in the broader architecture of “solidarity” that overpromises and underdelivers.
There is a leaked memo stemming from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s desk. It was prepared by the US State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, and it outlines, in the unsentimental language of US “diplomacy”…
These are our key priorities for 2026-2027: the Global Gateway in practice, investment risk penalties, business flows between the continents, cultural barriers to partnership, and the limits of the shared-values…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán paid a few hard-to-miss, high-level, surprise visits to celebrate the start of his country's chairmanship of the European Union. In doing so, he caused a diplomatic storm that…
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