Europe’s Energy Lifeline: Where Does the Continent Go for Fossil Fuels?
Europe needs fossil fuels. The question then is where, and from whom, Europe will get them.
After 50 Years of Trade, Europe Has Learnt to Manage Its Expectations of China
For fifty years, Europe pursued China with the conviction that trade would beget liberalisation; the last decade has been the slow, costly process of revising that assumption.
After the Iran War: NATO’s Paper Power May Not Survive a Long War
The Iran war is not NATO’s war. Yet, ahead of the 2026 Ankara Summit, it has exposed a deeper anxiety: NATO’s military capabilities may be easy to visualize, but it is evident that the alliance is not ready, both in a political and industrial sense, from the rising Russian threat.
Conditionality Built the Liberal Order. Now the West is Abandoning It
Western conditionality shaped how the liberal order worked. Beijing is exposing what’s left of it.
The EU Keeps Insisting It’s Not a State. It Keeps Building One Anyway
From a coal and steel pact to an €800 billion defence plan, seven decades of crisis management have quietly assembled something Europe refuses to name.
Iran War or Apocalypse? What Europe Should Know About Religious Geopolitics
When religion raises the stakes of geopolitical struggles, the space for diplomacy narrows.
The Populist Quagmire: The European Far-Right in the Age of Strategic Autonomy
Amidst the rise of the populist far-right in Europe, the EU must look beyond its differences and be unequivocal in its “strategic autonomy”.
War in the Middle East, Visualised
A timeline of escalation and its global impact.
With Ayatollah Khamenei’s Death, What Does the Future of Iran Behold?
On Wednesday, US President Donald J. Trump assured that the United States will stay in the fight to “finish the job”.
Why China Cannot be Europe’s Alternative to the US
Europe risks trading one dependency for another if it treats China as a shortcut to economic security amid U.S. trade uncertainty.
From Normative Power to Geopolitical Actor: The EU’s Strategic Shift on Syria
More than a decade after imposing sweeping sanctions on Syria, the European Union is recalibrating its approach. The easing of economic restrictions and the launch of reconstruction aid mark not only a policy shift, but a test of whether Brussels can evolve from a purely normative power into a strategic geopolitical actor.
The Mechanics of the EU-Mercosur Trade Deal: Europe’s Push to Shift the Global Order
The EU–Mercosur trade deal has become a test of whether Europe can turn geopolitical pressure into diversification, resilience and renewed multilateral ambition.
