
The European Union at the crossroads
Any observer of the international context may, quite understandably, struggle to process the forces that are at play: the terms under which Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine might end;

The Black Sea has become the fulcrum of Europe’s security
By: EBR | Thursday, June 19, 2025
The Black Sea is pivotal in Russia’s war against Ukraine and the wider standoff between Moscow and the West. To counter the Russian threat in the region, the EU has adopted a new strategy, and Turkey is building up its capabilities

The humanitarian crises that we dare to ignore
By: EBR | Thursday, June 19, 2025
The failure of Western governments to address the humanitarian disasters and the corruption fueling conflicts in Africa is as short-sighted as it is tragic.

Giles Merritt’s new book: Timebomb. When Ageing Explodes
By: EBR | Wednesday, June 18, 2025
People may be living longer throughout Europe but that is creating “massive unfairness” says a new book on ageing, recently launched in Brussels

Europe’s playbook for climate engagement with the United States
By: EBR | Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Europe should leverage the U.S. climate policy shift and safeguard its green transition goals by building cooperation on geothermal energy among other things and focusing on technologies that enhance security and decarbonization

A Belgrade landmark bombed by Nato could get Trump makeover
By: EBR | Monday, June 16, 2025
One of the first sights that greets arrivals to the centre of Serbia’s capital Belgrade are government buildings in an advance state of collapse. Nato planes bombed them back in 1999
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Between dependence and deterrence: Recasting the transatlantic relationship
By: EBR | Thursday, June 5, 2025
The Pentagon has it right: Mutual interest and common sense, not pseudo-intellectual exercises in civilizational splittism, ought to govern the U.S.’s relationship with Europe

Starmer’s international wins can’t hide his domestic migration headaches
By: EBR | Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Despite international deals, the UK prime minister faces rising pressure from Reform UK, internal Labour critics, and voters demanding tougher border controls

Trump escalates his war on the Ivy League
By: EBR | Monday, May 26, 2025
The Trump Administration has launched an assault on Ivy League universities in an unprecedented attack on academic freedom.

EU and the New World (Dis)Order
By: EBR | Thursday, May 22, 2025
Germany and Europe face a period of strategic uncertainty. How to use it constructively?

It’s time for an EU Action Plan to address the impact of Europe’s ageing
By: EBR | Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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Trump’s U.S. falls prey to the Dutch disease
By: EBR | Friday, May 16, 2025
Superficially viewed, Donald Trump’s attacks on the global economic and strategic order appear as attacks on the rest of the world

Lessons from the India vs Pakistan air clash: a wake-up call for Europe
By: EBR | Wednesday, May 14, 2025
While Europe’s attention remains fixed on Ukraine, the recent short but intense air conflict between India and Pakistan offers valuable lessons for future air warfare—particularly for Nato defence planners

The Brief – Edi Rama, everybody’s friend
By: EBR | Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Rama’s supporters are thrilled with his fourth term. But election results are entirely predictable in a well-managed country.

Pope Leo XIV: A True American Globalist
By: EBR | Monday, May 12, 2025
How the election of Pope Leo XIV may spiritually reset the clock on spreading nationalism

Destroying the U.S.’s last global bridges?
By: EBR | Thursday, May 8, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump took a sledgehammer to the international trading system. Now, he is going to do the same to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and global poverty funding.

The end of Left vs Right: Populism is redrawing Global Politics
By: EBR | Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK success in the local elections highlights how identity, nationalism, and culture wars are replacing the traditional political divide

Trump’s axing of US aid hands the EU a global leadership role
By: EBR | Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Donald Trump’s Blitzkrieg of chaos is eclipsing urgent problems that put the future of the planet, and perhaps mankind, at risk

A Brexit-Damaged England Now Embraces Continental European Politics
By: EBR | Monday, May 5, 2025
Britain now looks more like most EU member states where four, five or more parties all lay claim to votes and posts in government at the national and local level

Ukraine’s not so critical mineral deposits
By: EBR | Wednesday, April 23, 2025
As Trump pursues trade wars and the annexation of territories for natural resources, access to Ukraine’s minerals could strain transatlantic relations. Given Europe’s lack of resources and limited military power to secure supplies, even Ukraine’s modest wealth might be worth negotiating for