From cyber interference to drone incursions, Ireland faces shared European security challenges despite its neutrality

While the initial driver of this round of enlargement was a response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a hostile US under Donald Trump, and an unstable global outlook means the EU needs to bring together like-minded countries to wield greater strength

Drones, GPS jamming, and other hybrid aggressions from Russia are putting Europe's eastern flank under renewed threat

Even Benjamin Netanyahu sought the higher moral ground as he criticised the treatment of flotilla activists by his own security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir — but once again, no consequences for Israel or Ben-Gvir himself are likely to materialise.

Other justices from the International Criminal Court are still suffering the same consequences as Francesca Albanese for their role in seeking the prosecution of Netanyahu

The rejection of the proposal to suspend EU-Israel Association Agreement sends the message Europe has no red line when it comes to Israel

Amid the joy of his election defeat, there is a real possibility that another Viktor Orban can return elsewhere if the EU doesn’t recall its commitment to its own values, laws and principles

It’s been long accepted that Orban has been working alongside Russia since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Orbán has consistently cosied up to Putin and insulted Ukrainian president Zelenskyy

US secretary of state Marco Rubio warned the US would now 're-examine' its relationship with Nato following allies’ refusal to support the US/Israel war in Iran

Failing to put pressure on Israel following their continued assault on Gaza set the stage for the country's attack on Iran