
Boost Europe’s defences, but not against imagined Kremlin attacks
Giles Merritt finds future Russian invasion scenarios unconvincing, but warns Europe’s vulnerability is to the internal divisions Putin provokes

Erdogan Forever: Behind Turkey’s Latest Crackdown
Why is a fresh wave of arrests and investigations now sweeping through Turkey, ensnaring opposition figures, journalists and even actors and their agent?

Russian interference: Coming soon to an election near you
Russia pursues a systematic strategy of undermining elections and influencing public opinion in the West. EU and NATO countries must recognize that Moscow often acts through agents within their own borders, and build resilience to such interference

EU gas reserves below 50%!
Gas reserves in the EU have fallen below 50%

Friedrich Merz accelerates Germany’s elections
The temperature rose to boiling point in the run-up to to Germany’s Bundestag elections on February 23 after a 28-year-old Afghan attacked a kindergarten class in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, with a knife
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Developing the EU’s Renewed Social Contract is a necessity
Monday, February 10, 2025
The social component of the European market economy paradigm – the so-called ‘European social model’ – needs to be strengthened.
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EU-US relations in the age of Trump II: can Europe develop an effective strategy?
Monday, February 10, 2025
The time for jokes is over. We have seen enough of the Trump II administration during the past three weeks to know that the US President is not bluffing
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Introducing a new method to assess the productivity of human-AI collaboration
Monday, February 10, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) has reached an inflection point where agentic AI – autonomous systems that dynamically adapt to human workflows – is both a promise and a reality
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German and Chinese Start-ups Compared
Friday, February 7, 2025
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Assessing the effectiveness of the EU’s strategy in Africa
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Africa offers huge geostrategic wins, but does Brussels have an effective plan to engage?

U.S. and China are still in reconnaissance mode, but for how long?
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Pundits around the globe are scratching their heads, trying to guess which way U.S.-China relations will go over the next four years

Democracy in Decline?
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Reflections on the political economy of waning economic growth and the future of justice and fairness in an age of rising social restlessness.
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China hits back minutes after Trump tariffs come into effect
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
The world’s top two economies have exchanged trade war blows this morning.
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Desire for raw materials makes EU complicit in war
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Owning raw materials is one of the key priorities of the new European Commission
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EU leaders vow to fight back if Trump imposes tariffs
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
EU leaders have vowed unity against Trump’s tariffs as they gather in Brussels to discusses defence and security issues
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Why the EU must change course on Serbia
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
By refusing to apply pressure on President Vučić, the EU is emboldening the Serbian government. If Brussels is serious about supporting democracy in the Western Balkans, it must empower the Serbian people—not their authoritarian rulers
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Candidate to become Germany’s next chancellor rules out cooperation with AfD
Monday, February 3, 2025
The leading candidate to become Germany’s next chancellor, conservative bloc leader Friedrich Merz
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