Briefing

The biggest Covid-19 victim

Let me declare my personal interest first. I've been working in the communications field since 1993. It all happened by accident. Since then, I've been absorbed by the sector and…

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We’re not in election mode. This is not the time to play games.

For practically four weeks, my life has been immersed in happenings related to the blessed (not) coronavirus. Constituted bodies, political parties, the media and online self-made analysts have spent hours…

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Why are you afraid?

by Pope Francis Pope Francis meditated on the calming of the storm from the Gospel of Mark during the prayer service over which he presided on the steps of St…

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Whatever it takes

“Whatever it takes” were the famous words pronounced by the former President of the European Central Bank in July 2012 to express his intention to support the euro, which at…

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Women are shaping history

This is coronavirus month, but it is also Women’s History Month. In March the world celebrates the contributions of women to society’s defining moments. Much of the awareness campaign this…

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Coronavirus – A crisis made for leaders

There are crises and there is the coronavirus crisis. The difference with this crisis, for leaders, is that everything else – not just their companies or industries – hit a…

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Coronavirus: Let it not stop us!

by Prof. Andrew Azzopardi Dean, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta The term resilience was originally an engineering term referring to the ability of a material or object…

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Diplomatique.Expert – No. 25 – Malta’s only International Affairs eJournal

The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic around the world dominates the headlines. The 25th edition of the Diplomatique.Expert journal focuses on the various sides of this aspect. As of this…

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The spread of innovation

By Jesmond Saliba If necessity is the mother of invention, crisis is the mother of innovation. As we abandon the system that supports our social, commercial and personal interactions, the…

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Conscious spending – sustaining the local economy and beyond

By Claire Hollier – Public Policy Consultant One basic economic law, that of supply and demand, stipulates that these variables pull against each other until they meet to establish a…

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COVID-19 and financial markets

Article by Keith Zahra - CiConsulta A look at media reports on the performance of financial markets around the world offer a myriad of numbers providing evidence of the blow…

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Redefining the economic model in the aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic

By Claire Hollier - Public Policy Consultant Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, demands and needs are changing fast, so fast that recalibrating to the previous norm, is outdated – its past:…

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A cure in core values

It is rare to find a company that does not profess a set of core values these days. Visit any corporate website and if it misses a section outlining its…

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Lil Din l-Art Ħelwa…

Today, people in Malta, locals and foreign, went on their balconies to salute and applaud the people in the medical profession for their work so far and also to encourage…

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EU’s proposed travel ban explained

Travelers from outside Europe will soon be unable to enter the EU, under a new plan aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus and preventing any added burden…

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EU Governments in unprecedented bold moves to help businesses

Following the European Commission’s green light to EU Member States allowing for fiscal rules to be flexed to accommodate additional spending in light of the economic disruption caused by the…

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EU reacts to anti-Semitic celebrations

This article by Denise Grech was published on Diplomatique.Expert International Affairs eJournal. In Malta and all across Europe, carnival is known as a time for celebration and satire. But this year,…

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A Union that strives for more: the first 100 days

The new Commission led by President Ursula von der Leyen took office on 1 December 2019. Within its first 100 days, the Commission focused on delivering its most important priorities…

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Coronavirus – An age of misinformation

This article was written by CiConsulta's GeoPolitical expert Matthew Bugeja appeared on the Diplomatique.Expert International Affairs eJournal. This is being written because it needs to be said. In 2016, we entered…

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Far-right comes too close for comfort

This article by Tonio Galea appeared on Diplomatique.Expert Islamist terrorism today absorbs most of the attention of counter-terrorist activities, and with good reason. However, a problem has been allowed to fester…

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Brexit – Friends no more?

This article by Matthew Bugeja was first published on Diplomatique.Expert Brexit is done. Sort of. But not really. The interesting part is just beginning. When there is a divorce, there…

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Albania and North Macedonia have stepped up their efforts at complying with EU requirements

Both Albania and North Macedonia have stepped up their efforts at complying with EU requirements in their bid to eventually join the bloc. In a formal report about both Balkan…

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Diplomatique.Expert – International Affairs Journal Edition 24

Is too much information fuelling anxiety about Coronavirus? How will the future relations between the EU and Britain be? Is the far-right too close for comfort? What are the latest…

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CommuniqEU – Human Rights

This article by Keith Zahra appeared first on Diplomatique.Expert (Edition 23) and is compiled by CiConsulta for Corporate Dispatch This year marks the 75th anniversary of the entry into force of the…

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CommuniqEU – Financial Services

This article by Keith Zahra appeared first on Diplomatique.Expert (Edition 23) and is compiled by CiConsulta for Corporate Dispatch In its efforts to enhance investor protection around the continent, ESMA, the regulator…

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Diplomatique.Expert Insights – The Geopolitics of climate change

This article by Matthew Bugeja appeared first on Diplomatique.Expert (Edition 23) and is compiled by CiConsulta for Corporate Dispatch When the Paris Climate Agreement was announced in 2016, many sighed in relief.…

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Diplomatique.Expert Insights – The economics of football

This article by Matthew Bugeja appeared first on Diplomatique.Expert (Edition 23) and is compiled by CiConsulta for Corporate Dispatch There are few words more synonymous with the word “scandal” in recent years…

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Diplomatique.Expert Insights – Battling worldviews in Bavaria

This article by Tonio Galea appeared first on Diplomatique.Expert (Edition 23) and is compiled by CiConsulta for Corporate Dispatch After Davos, world leaders this month turned their attention to Munich, Germany. Unlike…

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Angelina Jolie – “We’re watching the brutal endgame of the war in Syria as if it has little to do with us. But it does.”

These are excerpts from an op-ed written by Angelina Jolie which will be published on Time Magazine. "I’ve been to the Syrian region some 10 times since the conflict began. At…

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The EU Budget – Are the differences too big to bridge?

Wide differences remain, particularly between the wealthy countries that are net contributors to the budget and others that are net recipients of EU funds, and it is unclear when leaders…

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Opinion – Tech Sovereignty for true Digital Transformation

Opinion piece by European Commission President - Ursula Von Der Leyen I am a tech optimist. My belief in technology as a force for good comes from my experience as…

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What are government coalitions good for?

This article by Matthew Bugeja was first published on this week's edition of Diplomatique.Expert, Corporate Dispatch's eJournal. What are government coalitions good for? That really depends on who you ask. Government…

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Leaderless Germany needs to step up

This article by Matthew Bugeja was first published on this week's edition of Diplomatique.Expert, Corporate Dispatch's eJournal. This is one of those stories that a lot of people are not…

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An Eire dream coming true?

This article by Tonio Galea was first published on this week's edition of Diplomatique.Expert, Corporate Dispatch's journal. One can say that, with the end of the Cold War it wasn't…

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Brussels Viewpoint – Back to the Future with Brexit

This article by Denise Grech was published first on Diplomatique.Expert, Corporate Dispatch's ePublication. We were supposed to see Brexit get done with the election of Boris Johnson. After the UK…

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Diplomatique.Expert – Edition 22

In this week's edition we read on how will Germany's political woes impact geopolitical developments. We try answer whether coalition governments good or not. We also analyse the 21st century…

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Libya – EPP and Europe’s internal divisions are a big hurdle for EU’s geopolitics ambitions

To sort out the Libyan civil war, the European Union first needs to sort out another vicious, internecine struggle: the one back home. Politico reports that as the EU faces…

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Nationality as an unconscious bias

This winter when he was coming back from the holiday travel, one Western European customs officer told him at the border “Come on, show me your return ticket and the…

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The Irish ‘shock’ election – Analysis

The weekend's election in Ireland is being deemed as a seismic election, primarily because it has reshaped the traditional electoral landscape, with the left-wing nationalist party Sinn Féin surging into…

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Diplomatique.Expert Insight – Brexit – One battle over, another begins

This article appeared first on this week's Diplomatique.Expert, CorporateDispatch geopolitics insights journal. Brexit fatigue has become a real issue for many analysts and policy makers over the past three and…

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Diplomatique Expert Insight – Iowa to New Hampshire Sanders & Buttigieg steam ahead

This article appeared first on this week's Diplomatique.Expert, CorporateDispatch geopolitics insights journal. The Iowa Caucuses of 2020 will be memorable for a number of reasons. For one, the application which…

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Diplomatique.Expert Insight – Terrorism – The lone wolves strike again

This article appeared first on this week's Diplomatique.Expert, CorporateDispatch geopolitics insights journal. In a matter of days, France and Great Britain were victims of what is commonly known as lone…

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Diplomatique.Expert Insights – Huawei ‘threats’ do not dissuade UK

This article appeared first on this week's Diplomatique.Expert, CorporateDispatch geopolitics insights journal. Brexit undoubtedly dominated the news around the world this week, but another issue that took both London and…

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Diplomatique.Expert Edition 21

Pete Buttigieg's Iowa results, the post-Brexit negotiations, Huawei's role in UK and Europe and the lone-wolf terror attacks in this week's edition of the Corporate Dispatch's geopolitical insight publication -…

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Can Coronavirus ‘diplomacy’ isolate or strengthen ties with China?

The world's news headlines are currently dominated by the alarming speed with which the infections of the coronavirus are spreading from the Chinese borders to, one can say, every corner…

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Brexit – What happens next? – Your questions answered

The EU and the United Kingdom have conducted intensive negotiations to agree on the terms of the UK's withdrawal and create legal certainty once EU law ceases to apply to…

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Diplomatique.Expert – BREXIT Commemorative Edition

The United Kingdom has left the European Union. As the clock struck 11 p.m. in London, the U.K. ceased to be a member of the bloc after 47 years. We…

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Opinion: A new dawn for Europe

As the night draws in this evening, the sun will set on more than 45 years of the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union. For us, as Presidents of…

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Not a goodbye, but a see you later: MEPs approve final Brexit deal

Members of the European Parliament on Wednesday approved a withdrawal agreement that will see the United Kingdom formally leaving the EU by the end of the week. Denise Grech witnessed…

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CiConsulta Insight – Davos is Davos

Anyone who carries some weight in the way things move in the world, be it political, military or financial, this week was holed up in Davos. Everyone who mattered was…

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CiConsulta Geopolitical Insight – Libya

Background: The European Union plans to use a revamped version of Operation Sophia in order to crack down on arms imports into Libya by conducting a maritime surveillance mission just…

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CiConsulta Insight – The Chinese Year of The Coronavirus

The Chinese zodiac, or shengxiao (/shnng-sshyao/ ‘born resembling'), is a repeating cycle of 12 years, with each year being represented by an animal and its reputed attributes. In order, the…

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UN chief outlines solutions to defeat main threats to world’s global future

The start of the New Year finds the world facing four looming threats to human progress: surging geopolitical tensions, the climate crisis, global mistrust and the downsides of technology,…

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Ci Consulta Geopolitics insight – Libya’s crisis

The past week has seen a short-lived ceasefire between the warring Tripoli and Tobruk factions. It was never likely to last long, with General Haftar’s forces having captured Sirte just…

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CiConsulta GeoPolitical Insights – The EU’s Croatian Presidency – A Maltese and European Perspective

Croatia takes over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the six month period between Jan-June 2020, under the motto “A Strong Europe in a World…

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The Iranian missile system suspected of bringing down the Ukrainian airliner

The main suspicions are that the Ukrainian passenger aircraft was downed by a Russian-made Tor-M1 missile. The Tor is among the most modern air defence systems Iran has. After initially…

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What’s next after the UK elections?

On the 12th of December, 2019, the United Kingdom electorate were asked to vote for a new government. Most observers expected Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party to win the…

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