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France’s Debt Crisis Could Snowball Ahead of the 2027 Presidential Election
France is facing growing worries about its €3.5 trillion public debt as borrowing costs increase. Investors and economists fear that the debt could rise...
Reform of the EU Electricity Market Design: A Step in the Right Direction?
Energy prices have increased significantly since 2021 due to demand transformations in the post-Covid-19 pandemic period and Russia’s war on Ukraine adversely affecting European...
Will Fostering Like-Mindedness Save the Rules-Based Global Order?
In 2021, the European Union published its Joint Communication on strengthening the EU’s contribution to rules-based multilateralism—its strategy to protect the global rules-based order...
Qatar’s Balkan Strategy: Why the North Macedonia Partnership Matters in Europe’s New Geopolitics
Diplomacy is now possible for a range of actors beyond the large states in today's evolving international system. Smaller states are becoming more and...
Can Europe Afford NATO’s Ambitious Defence Spending Push?
NATO agreed at its 2025 summit in The Hague to dramatically increase defence spending after sustained pressure from United States President Donald Trump for...
Is AI Developing Faster Than Governments Can Regulate It?
Artificial intelligence has rapidly evolved from a niche technology into a transformative force shaping economies, workplaces, healthcare, education and national security. The emergence of...
The (domestic) problem with Armenia’s recent elections
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been re-elected to another term after being victorious in his country’s 7 June elections. His re-election is a...
Europe’s Pragmatic Betrayal: How Human Rights Became Negotiable
European officials met with Taliban regime representatives in Brussels last month. The meetings were quiet, focused on practical issues like migration and counterterrorism, and...
How Ukraine Became Europe’s Most Important — and Ignored Defense Lesson
Europe's defense transformation is not a spending problem that more money will solve, rather it’s a doctrinal crisis, and the gap between the warfare...
U.S. Military Overstretch in the Middle East and Europe’s Opportunity
The most recent dispute between the United States, Israel, and Iran is likely to lead to an unprecedented situation where both sides of the...