Commentaries
Trump & Xi: A Balance of Power and Vulnerability
The United States and China are now evenly matched as great powers. Given where China is coming from, that can be seen as a gain for China. *******
EU strategy and foreign policy
Publications
The Euroclear Saga
The war triggered by Russian invasion of Ukraine has not only reshaped Europe’s security architecture; it has also exposed the strategic significance of financial infrastructures that had long operated in […]
External publications
Europe’s Supply Chain Security Dilemma
Beijing has become more explicit in weaponising trade dependencies through export controls, particularly in critical minerals and rare earth elements (REEs). Europe now faces a structural dilemma: how to reduce […]
The Gulf Between Europe and Strategic Reality
Why does Europe have no impact on the war in the Gulf? Nor even on the diplomatic efforts to settle the war? Europeans could have mounted a collective operation to […]
No Monopoly Left: How Drone Warfare Escaped Its Architects
Something is becoming impossible to ignore: wherever you look today – the skies above eastern Ukraine, the Persian Gulf, the plains of Burkina Faso – drones are reshaping the logic […]
External publications
Outcome Pending Negotiations: The 2026 NPT Review Conference as a Narrative Battleground
The NPT Review Conference in May 2026 promises to be a battle between competing narratives about the evolution of the global nuclear order. This CSDS In-Depth Paper provides observers and […]