Can the EU Replace Russia as the Dominant Power in the South Caucasus?
As Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia navigate a complex web of power rivalries, each state pursues divergent geopolitical trajectories. With Moscow’s sphere of influence increasingly challenged, the EU faces a crucial opportunity to expand economic and political sway over the South Caucasus.
The New Great Game in Greenland
Competition over Greenland is quickly heating up. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has made it her ambition to strengthen the EU’s ties with the Arctic island, but there is still a long way to go.
Agreement Without Authority Won’t Make the EU a Power
In the struggle to become a global power, political fragmentation is only half the battle for the EU: even when its governments agree, its institutions lack the authority to act as one.
The Strait Europe Couldn’t Defend
As the Houthis close in on the Red Sea’s southern gate and the Strait of Hormuz stays shut, the continent that depends most on both waterways has the least say over it either.
How Governments Are Using Tourism to Sanitise Their Image
From the pyramids of Giza to World Cup stadiums, international tourism has become one of the most effective, and subtle, forms of political image management.
Russia’s Shadow Fleet Finds a Safe Harbor
As Europe steps up boardings of Russia’s shadow fleet, Moscow is moving its tankers under the Russian flag, the one registration Europe cannot challenge at sea without confronting Russia itself.
Defence Spending Alone Cannot Produce European Defence Integration
On the 9th and 10th of September 2025, roughly twenty Russian drones intruded upon Polish national airspace, calling for a NATO response involving air-defences from several allies – this scramble exposes how the EU relies on NATO and individual national capabilities for rapid and coordinated defences rather than a stable and unified infrastructure.
One Storm, Two Models: How the EU and ASEAN Weigh Efficiency Against Equality
Trade fragmentation and geopolitical shocks are testing two opposing answers to the same question.
Europe’s Extremists Are Outgrowing Its Terrorism Categories
Europe knows how to respond when extremist violence carries a familiar label, but what happens when it no longer does?
Progressive Bulgaria and the Paradox of Power
Has stability finally come to Bulgaria? It appeared that it might have on 19 April 2026.
The EU in the Indo-Pacific: A Geopolitical Actor in Trade, a Bystander in Security
The European Union’s strong economic and regulatory influence in the Indo-Pacific is undermined by its lack of credible military power, leaving its geopolitical ambitions half-fulfilled.
Burden-Sharing or Burden-Shaping? Europe Rewrites the Rules of Rearmament
A United States committed to burden-sharing cannot simultaneously insist on burden-shaping.
