Commentaries
EU’s New Arctic Strategy: A Resolute Rendez-vous with Reality
The EU is part of the Arctic, and the Arctic is part of the EU – a reality already recognised in its 2021 Arctic Policy. This is not a dogmatic […]
EU institutional affairs
Publications
External publications
The European Green Deal: Weakened, But More Necessary Than Ever
The European Green Deal was launched in December 2019, touted by new President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen as the EU’s “man on the moon moment” for […]
On the Usefulness (or otherwise) of a Strategic Debate on Migration
The European Council has planned to hold a strategic debate on migration at its meeting on 16 October 2026. One might, of course, view this strategic debate as reflecting the […]
Rethinking EU Enlargement as Grand Strategy in the Western Balkans
In June 2022, a few months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Council granted to Ukraine and Moldova candidate status hastily. Western Balkans countries, notably Albania and North […]
China in the Arctic: Separating Risk from Rhetoric
For the past several years, European debate about China in the Arctic has been caught between strategic concern and incomplete evidence. China calls itself a ‘Near-Arctic State’, operates polar research […]
Commentaries
We, the Boomers
The international system is in crisis: it has entered a period of rapid change, the outcome of which is uncertain. The European Union is not in crisis, but it must […]