Germany’s Zeitenwende Is Still Incomplete
Four years after Olaf Scholz proclaimed a Zeitenwende (trans. Turning Point) in German security policy, Germany is building the largest army, but not the one it needs.
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.
Which way, Germany? Why German rearmament might end up dividing Europe
German rearmament is meant to unite Europe, but unless Berlin embeds it in European structures, it risks dividing it.
Securing Arctic Connectivity Amid Great Power Competition
The European Union needs to define an Arctic Strategy that takes into account both EU digital sovereignty and security issues in the region.
In This New Geopolitical Reality, Europe Needs a Coherent Digital Deterrence Strategy
Europe’s digital resilience is weakened by the Union’s inability to deter the very digital security threats it seeks to resist.
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.
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?
The Case for a European Security Architecture Beyond the EU’s 35 Chapters
On September 15, an unidentified drone entered Lithuanian airspace. Earlier the same day, a top Kremlin aide warned Poland that it would take just two or three days for Russia to make Poland disappear. In the first 15 days of September 2026, Germany, Denmark, Moldova, Lithuania and Poland have all lodged complaints against Russian aggression.
Europe in a Post-Transatlantic Security Order (S&D Series 1)
Eleven analysts map how Europe is recalibrating its security and defence policy as Washington’s commitments grow more conditional: from hybrid threats and procurement to space, military AI, and the nuclear umbrella.
Burden-Sharing or Burden-Shaping? Europe Rewrites the Rules of Rearmament
A United States committed to burden-sharing cannot simultaneously insist on burden-shaping.
Inside NATO 3.0: Where Europe Leads, and Where It Still Can’t
NATO’s own leadership calls it a new era of partnership, a stronger Europe within a stronger alliance. Europe is taking on more of NATO’s responsibilities and is assuming more authority within the alliance, however, it still depends on America for nearly everything that leadership runs on.
The EU’s Military AI Gap: Why AGILE Will Not Be Enough
With just a 90-minute notice, the US cut off its allies from the use of its most powerful AI system. Will this be a wake up call for Brussels?
