Zoe Gueli
Zoe Gueli argues that in Italy, the anti-Brussels rhetoric of governing right-wing party Fratelli dâItalia survives not because Italians are Eurosceptic, but because its rhetoric functions as a domestic political tool â one that EU institutions are structurally unable to counter Read more
Kaweh Kerami
Kaweh Kerami argues that the Talibanâs first visit to Brussels was not recognition, as the EU insists, but something politically consequential all the same: proof that repeated contact can hand an unrecognised regime real standing, one technical meeting at a time Read more
Dennis Shen
For decades, Europe prospered under American security guarantees, open trade and cheap external imports. That world is disappearing. Faced with a more antagonistic United States, a rising China and global geopolitical competition, Dennis Shen says the EU must either become a strategic power in its own right â or risk longer-term decline Read more
Robin Gilman
France claims that a 'saferâ Europe is the goal of its new nuclear policy. Yet Robin Gilman argues that undermining the nonproliferation treaty is eroding the EUâs credibility and safety, leaving it at a crossroads. It can either remain a reliable partner â or fuel the collapse of the rules-based order Read more
Omran Shroufi
We commonly hear EU leaders talk about the need to âdefend democracyâ. Yet, as Omran Shroufi shows, their discourse is often more about identifying and naming geopolitical threats than it is about tackling pervasive, home-grown structural problems of democratic disconnect and disillusionment Read more
Steffen Hurka
Steffen Hurka and Yves Steinebach reveal that EU climate legislation has become so complex that even well-resourced member states struggle to put it into practice. Longer, more detailed laws create implementation failures regardless of administrative capacity, suggesting the EU's climate ambitions may be undermined by how laws are written Read more
Amit Singh
The EUâs expanding engagement with India, notably the proposed 'mother of all deals' free trade agreement, signals a strategic partnership. Yet without clear human-rights benchmarks, this cooperation risks legitimising Indiaâs democratic backsliding and weakening the EUâs own normative credibility, argues Amit Singh Read more
Sibei Sun
The Trump administration is advancing an illiberal Atlanticism that reimagines the West in manners similar to how Putin imagines Eurasia. Sibei Sun dissects the uncanny parallels between the two geopolitical doctrines and what it all means for future transatlantic relations Read more
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