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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...
Europe Is Rearming. It Is Not Integrating
For the better part of a decade, the European defence debate ran on a single complaint: Europe would not spend. That complaint is now...
NATO Is Winning the War Russia Isn’t Fighting
On 23 September, a Russian Mi-8 helicopter flying from Kaliningrad crossed into Polish airspace north of the town of Braniewo, penetrated roughly 300 metres...
King Mohammed VI Advances a Vision of National Development and International Cooperation
His Majesty King Mohammed VI’s address at the opening of Parliament on 9 October 2026 set out a clear direction for Morocco’s international engagement....
US, Ukraine and European Envoys Meet in Miami as Trump Announces Russia Diesel Deal
Negotiators from the US, Ukraine, and Europe met for six hours in Miami to create a unified proposal to end the war in Ukraine....
EU Budget Showdown: Irish Presidency Seeks 8% Cut to 2028–2034 Spending Plan
The Irish EU presidency has proposed an 8% cut to the European Commission's budget plan for 2028 to 2034, reducing it to €1.6 trillion...
The Global Cost of Resilience in the Twenty-First Century
For more than three decades, Europe organized much of its economic thinking around a particular interpretation of efficiency. Energy security, industrial self-sufficiency, strategic reserves,...
Make or Break in Beijing: Can the EU Get Anything Real From China by October?
A Chemical Nobody Had Heard Of
On 3 October, five days before EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič landed in Beijing, China's commerce ministry opened an...
The Black Sea’s Quiet Shipping War Reaches NATO Waters
Seventy Miles Off Byala
At about 3am on 6 October, aerial and sea drones struck two Turkish-owned cargo ships some 70 nautical miles off the...
Europe’s Record Russia Blacklist: Who Pays, Who Profits — and Why €185 Billion in Brussels Still Decides the Financial War
Today's Numbers
1,646 (new EU Russia listings agreed 7 October) · ~4,650 (total names on the EU's Russia list once adopted) · €185bn (Russian central-bank...