Context "For years, the European Union believed that its economic size, with 450 million consumers, brought with it geopolitical power and influence in international trade relations. This year will be remembered as the year in which this illusion evaporated." said Mario Draghi during the Rimini Meeting on 22nd August 2025. In order to grasp what Draghi was referring to, one should think about the international environment in which Europe operates nowadays. The Russian invasio

Photo credits: Jane Barlow | PA Images via Getty Images My name is Margherita Elisia Ventriglia, I currently live in Ithaca, New York, a town best known for hosting Cornell University. I share a house with three fellow CEMS students: a German, a Norwegian, and a Hungarian. Seemed to me the best setting to reflect on how we each perceive the role of the European Union in international relations. To spark the conversation, I asked them to do what management students do best: a

Pieter Brueghel, the Younger - The Payment of the Tithes (1618) Introduction and purpose of the article The first section of Draghi's...