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Ireland

Euroviews. Alternatives to a Berlin Wall for Ireland ǀ View

A reappearance of a border between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom is causing great concern for all parties involved. The EU could prevent this situation by conferring Ireland a special status.

World News

Euroviews. The week that was: the road to Hell is paved with good intentions

Our weekly round-up of all the opinions driving debate across Europe and beyond over the last seven days.

North Korea

Euroviews. Europe should press the UN on North Korea's human rights abuses ǀ View

Otto Warmbier and the millions of other victims of North Korea’s brutal leadership deserve justice and an end to these unparalleled atrocities.

USA

Euroviews. Facebook is creating a dystopian nightmare. We need to wake up ǀ View

We trusted internet platforms to be benign. We reacted too slowly to warning signs. But if we want to preserve agency over our lives, we have to act now.

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World News

Euroviews. Isn’t it high time for skillful leadership at the European Commission?

The decline of EU values in individual member states has, sadly, demonstrated the failure of the European Commission to fulfill its most important task – to serve as ‘Guardian of the Treaties.’

USA

Euroviews. Want to know the true state of the union? ǀ View

As long as Trump remains popular within his base I don’t know if we’re going to see a lot of profiles in courage in the Republican Party.

Yemen

Euroviews. Ceasefire hasn't stopped bullets and starvation claiming Yemeni lives

When a ceasefire in Hodeida came into force in December last year, there was hope for people living through the nightmare of Yemen's civil war. But hope has been short-lived as stray bullets and starvation continue to claim lives.

China

Euroviews. The EU’s “softball” approach to AI will lose to China’s “hardball”

China is not just playing catch-up with the West [...]. It is planning to leap over Western economies and seize nothing less than global AI dominance. China is developing a sophisticated national AI strategy and it is allocating massive government funding to capture global market share in AI.

World News

Euroviews. The week that was: challenges posed by our interconnected world ǀ View

We bring you our weekly round-up of the View opinion articles that have been driving debate across Europe and beyond over the last seven days.

USA

Euroviews. If Trump declares a national emergency, his border wall would drown in lawsuits ǀ View

Texas landowners would have few legal options if Congress funded the wall. But if Trump goes around them, lawyers will have a field day.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Brexit is pushing the NHS to the brink. Time is running out to save it

As EU doctors and nurses leave the UK in droves and medical supplies become threatened by a 'no deal' Brexit, the stark fate facing the NHS is becoming ever clearer as approach the March Brexit deadline.

USA

Euroviews. Trump risks catastrophe by trying to solve Venezuela's crisis alone

There is no clear and simple path toward a peaceful, prosperous and democratic outcome. But here are a few guiding principles to start.

Bangladesh

Euroviews. Bangladesh’s factories must never become death traps again | View

In the coming weeks, Bangladesh may make the mistake of crippling an initiative that has achieved dramatic improvements in fire and building safety in the years since the Rana Plaza disaster.

USA

Euroviews. Michael Jackson's fans don't want to think he hurt kids. But hardly anyone does | View

We all think we'd do the right thing if someone was being sexually abused. But when the accused is a person we admire, many of us don't.

USA

Euroviews. Roger Stone indictment suggests Mueller isn't done yet | View

The special counsel's many investigatory dots are starting to connect.

USA

Euroviews. Nancy Pelosi beat Trump at his own game and she'll do it again | View

It's fitting that the president suffered his most embarrassing loss to date at the hands of an older, more politically-experienced woman.

USA

Euroviews. The internet's flaws can't be fixed without fixing humans first | View

Everything you hate about online culture is created and maintained by other people.

World News

Euroviews. The week that was: peeling back the curtain to reveal the truth | View

Our weekly round-up of all the opinions that have been driving debate across Europe and beyond over the last seven days.

USA

Euroviews. Trump's border wall threats are a reminder to fix the National Emergencies Act | View

Whatever ultimately becomes of Trump’s threat, Congress ought to use this episode to prevent future presidential overreach.

Kyrgyzstan

Euroviews. Kyrgyzstan’s human rights abuses should sound alarm bells over closer ties with the EU | View

While [Kyrgyzstan] boasts a very active and engaged civil society, Askarov’s imprisonment, and the government’s abject failure to act on the UN Human Rights Committee’s decision in his case [...] should give EU officials considerable pause.