Trump Eases Russia Sanctions: Can Europe Hold the Line Alone?
Two wars that Western capitals have spent years treating as separate theatres have just collapsed into a single energy equation. The US-Israeli war on...
Trump-Zelenskiy Clash Puts Ukraine’s Critical US Military Support at Risk
This week has seen a deterioration in the relationship between Ukraine and the United States, primarily due to US threats to reduce intelligence support...
Sanctions as a Price Lever: What the Diesel Deal Reveals About the Transatlantic Split Over Ukraine
When Donald Trump announced on 9 October that Vladimir Putin would release Russian diesel onto world markets, it read at first like another episode...
European Awakening: A New Era of European Economic Defence?
When the European Union’s founding engine—France and Germany—finally finds common ground, the bloc crosses a structural threshold. In their joint letter to European Commission...
A Truce on Hybrids Is Not a China Policy
Brussels and Beijing finally have something they can both put in a press release. After months of sniping over cars, the two sides agreed...
Can Vietnam Help the EU Break Its Dependence on China for Critical Minerals?
The European Union is seeking closer cooperation with Vietnam to secure supplies of critical minerals and reduce its dependence on China, according to internal...
The Fairford Plot and Europe’s Host-Nation Problem
The arrests near RAF Fairford on September 27 are still surrounded by uncertainty, but the incident has already raised a wider question for Britain...
Why Europe Lost Its Seat at the Iran Nuclear Table?
For most of the past two decades, the Iran nuclear file was where Europe proved it could do geopolitics. Britain, France and Germany opened...
The Black Sea Has Quietly Closed
Twenty-One Ships
In August, Ukraine's Black Sea ports recorded 21 ship calls, about 90% fewer than a year earlier. A month later, on 16 September,...
As America puts its alliances at risk, Europe is learning to stand on its own
The US is seeking greater freedom of action and fewer international constraints, demanding more immediate returns from its alliances. But in doing so, it...