A Team Enlargement coalition of EU member states can drive the changes needed to bring Ukraine and others into the bloc.
Rumen Radev is steering Bulgaria towards a more transactional foreign policy. The EU needs to engage with Sofia and push back on such hedging to secure future European cohesion
Introduction The recent approval by President Donald Trump of a nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia—one that may grant the kingdom the capability to enrich uranium—represents a pivotal moment for global non-proliferation efforts. This deal, valued at tens of billions of dollars and designed to last 30 years, risks undermining decades of international norms aimed at […]
When the fighting in Ukraine stops, America and Europe will likely end up facing Russia in a low-grade rivalry for years to come. Here is how to prevent that disordered rivalry from sliding into another war
Some European leaders seem to think that abasing themselves for Donald Trump’s pleasure is necessary to save NATO and keep the Western alliance alive. But by so desperately clinging to the good old days of the transatlantic relationship, Europe’s leaders are risking more than just their dignity
When Russian forces seized Crimea in early 2014, many in Europe treated it as a contained, regional crisis — a violation of international law, certainly, but one confined to Ukraine’s borders. More than a decade later, that containment never held. What began with unmarked soldiers on a peninsula has grown into a sustained, continent-wide campaign […]
Few accusations in British politics generate as much heat, and as little settled agreement, as the suggestion that Nigel Farage has served, wittingly or not, as an instrument of Russian interests. It’s an allegation Farage has repeatedly and firmly denied, and one that has never been established as fact by any court, official inquiry, or […]
Every other goal in this series depends on infrastructure that can, in principle, be attacked without a single soldier crossing a border. Power grids, hospitals, financial systems, and telecommunications networks have all been targeted by state-linked cyberattacks in recent years, and Europe has experienced this directly — Ukraine’s power grid was hit by Russian-linked attacks […]
Every ambition in this series — more chip fabs, nuclear plants, wind farms, factories, AI labs — ultimately runs into the same wall: someone has to build, operate, and maintain it, and Europe is short on exactly the people it needs most. Aging populations across much of the continent mean the workforce is shrinking even […]
For more than seventy years, Europe’s security has rested on one fundamental assumption: that the United States would remain the continent’s ultimate military guarantor. That assumption is no longer unquestionable. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, growing geopolitical competition with China, and shifting American strategic priorities have forced Europe to confront a difficult question: Can it defend […]