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USA@250 is not, formally, a grand strategy. It is a commemorative platform. Yet its timing matters. The United States enters its 250th year while the global system is being reshaped by industrial policy, technological rivalry, demographic divergence, and security fragmentation. Domestically, the anniversary is an attempt to rebuild civic confidence and institutional legitimacy. Externally, it unfolds in direct comparison with long-horizon projects elsewhere, most notably China’s 2049 goal of national rejuvenation.

USA@250 and the Rising World’s Agendas and Visions: EU lessons

In 2026, the United States will mark a symbolic milestone: 250 years since 1776. The official “America250” framework presents the semiquincentennial as a civic moment, a pause for reflection, renewal, and national storytelling. For Europeans, it may appear as an inward-looking exercise, heavy on symbolism and light on strategy.

Emmanuel Macron warned that "today Europe faces a massive challenge, in a world of disorder"

Macron urges Europe to start acting like world power

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Europe to assert itself on the world stage, saying it is time to start acting like a "power".

Everybody knows that the European Commission is an obstacle on the way to real reforms with its dictatorial president, internal divisions among the 27 commissioners and competition between the directorates-general. On top of that, there is the European Parliament that is primarily at odds with itself or yearns for more power.

Can the EU, under pressure from major powers, turn the tide?

Mario Draghi and Enrico Letto, former prime ministers of Italy, wrote scathing reports on the EU competitiveness and the internal market, respectively.

It’s clear, meanwhile, that the idea of a hugely powerful BRICS bloc is a non-starter. Russia’s inclusion is only part of the problem; above all, there’s the challenge of finding common economic interests between Brazil, India, China and South Africa. The only real binding agent is shared political opposition to US or EU initiatives.

The EU must take the lead in a ’new world order’ of trade blocs

Giles Merritt looks at the EU’s leadership opportunities in a world to be transformed by massive demographic convulsions.

The Munich Security Conference organisers have published a report ahead of the event in which Tobias Bunde, the director of research & policy, says there has now been a fundamental break with US post-WW2 strategy.

Trump’s world order hangs over Europe on eve of key defence conference

It is one year since US Vice-President JD Vance delivered a bombshell speech at the Munich Security Conference, castigating Europe for its policies on migration and free speech, and claiming the greatest threat the continent faces comes from within.