Under a barrage of cognitive warfare, European governments need institutions designed to interpret threats, coordinate ...
To be in Budapest last Sunday evening was to see history again being made on the Danube. As rapturous crowds gathered on the riverbank opposite the brightly illuminated parliament building, chanting ...
Netanyahu promised Israelis a “new Middle East”; Trump imposed ceasefires instead. Now, the Israeli PM’s reliance on ...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende speech on 27 February felt like the beginning of a new era for Germany’s security and defence policy. Indeed, for many observers, his announcements heralded ...
ECFR polling reveals that Peter Magyar’s mandate is far more complicated than EU leaders were hoping for: voters want ...
According to US president Donald Trump, his recent meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping—the first of his second term—was “amazing”. Trump may have campaigned on the promise of squeezing America’s ...
Ilie Bolojan’s toppling in a no-confidence vote has exposed Romania’s fiscal and political insecurities. Rebuilding the ...
The US president’s obsession with Greenland shows no signs of relenting, declaring earlier this month that “we need it for national security”. Then, on January 17th, he announced new tariffs on ...
Despite the many threats around it—and in part because of them—the continent can emerge from this period stronger and more ...
The EU is right to raise its ambitions on the electrification rate—but the target is highly stretching. Only a more ...
Trump’s troop cut in Germany punishes Merz and halts America’s missile plans. Now Europe needs to accelerate its sovereign long-range strike capabilities and fo ...
As Russian aggression continues and Trump’s US threatens NATO, it is even more vital for a unified defence of the continent ...