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Britain’s Extended Deterrence Dilemma
As the trans-Atlantic alliance is under stress due to President Trump’s unpredictable policies, the waning of credibility of extended deterrence assurances by the U.S....
Nobody Sent the Warning: How Routine Paperwork Became a Global War Scare
A Map With No Author
In the last week of October, a map began circulating that seemed to show the world bracing for something. Newsweek's...
Why Are Bomb Threats Disrupting Flights Across Europe?
A series of bomb threats targeting passenger flights across Europe has triggered emergency landings, diversions and extensive security checks, disrupting airline operations in several...
Security Guarantees for Russia: The Concession Hiding in Abu Dhabi
On 10 and 11 November, negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States will meet in Abu Dhabi for a second round of US-mediated...
The UK-Germany Hybrid Threats Pact
An undersea cable can be damaged without a shot being fired. A cyberattack can disrupt a railway network without anyone crossing a border. Europe...
A Ceasefire Without Europe, a Peace Without Security?
Wars can stop without being settled. That is the uncomfortable possibility behind Ukraine’s latest diplomatic opening. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has indicated that Kyiv could...
The Great European Energy Paradox: How Every Solution Created a New Challenge
For more than two decades, European energy policy has pursued three ambitions simultaneously: affordable energy, strategic autonomy and decarbonization. Individually, each objective appears rational...
Could Russia-Ukraine Fighting Pull NATO’s Black Sea States Deeper Into the War?
Attacks on commercial vessels near Romania and Bulgaria have increased sharply in recent weeks, highlighting the growing risks posed by the escalating conflict between...
Can Europe Defend the ICC? US Sanctions Put Solidarity to the Test
On October 22, the European Parliament awarded its 2026 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its officials....
The Guarantor Is the Ceasefire: What a Frozen Front Line Actually Buys Ukraine
“Right Now, We Have to Freeze”
On 22 October, Volodymyr Zelensky said the sentence Kyiv had avoided for four years. “Yes, right now, we have...