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🧭 The Iceland EU referendum vote changes nothing

September 3, 2026

Turning the EU's South Caucasus moment into a permanent strategy

August 25, 2026

The grim future of European migration policy

August 18, 2026

Private education and the limits of uniformity

August 17, 2026

What Andy Burnham's psychology tells us about his foreign policy

August 12, 2026
August 6, 2026

Why anti-EU rhetoric persists without an anti-EU public

Zoe Gueli Zoe Gueli argues that in Italy, the anti-Brussels rhetoric of governing right-wing party Fratelli d’Italia survives not because Italians are Eurosceptic, but because its rhetoric functions as a domestic political tool – one that EU institutions are structurally unable to counter Read more
August 5, 2026

The EU's Indo-Pacific problem is not capability, it is perception

Nicholas Ross Smith Four years after launching its Indo-Pacific Strategy, the EU still isn't seen as a serious geopolitical player in the 'region'. Closing this perception gap, not building more capability, argues Nicholas Ross Smith, is Brussels' real challenge Read more
August 4, 2026

The promise of the Interoperable Europe Act

Evangelos Palaskas The EU’s Interoperable Europe Act aims to enable seamless data flows and online public services across borders. Drawing on EU digital regulation research, Evangelos Palaskas illustrates how the Act's governance, agenda and political challenges will shape the next phase of digital government in the European Union Read more
July 30, 2026

2027: the year Puigdemont’s political clock strikes 12

Michal Rahimi After settling into self-imposed exile in Belgium, Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont had appeared to defy political gravity. That fortuitous era is ending. Explaining his decline, Michal Rahimi predicts the 2027 Spanish general election will deliver the final verdict Read more
July 29, 2026

🧭 Why Europe should reform through enlargement

Adam Kola EU institutions, policymakers and many expert debates often frame enlargement as a test for candidate countries. Adam Kola argues that it is equally a test for the European Union. The accession of Ukraine, Moldova and the Western Balkans will also reshape the EU by forcing it to reform and redefine itself Read more

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