Commentaries
The EU has been debating how best to use the roughly €200-240 billion of Russian assets that are in EU jurisdictions, mainly Belgium and Luxembourg, to fund Ukraine-related expenditure. In […]
Commentaries
With Donald Trump’s return to office, the war in Ukraine has entered a radically different dynamic. This should come as no surprise, given that his governing style—now even more than […]
While elderly women and men are happily singing and dancing on the shores of Hangzhou’s famous West Lake, grandparents are taking their grandchildren out for a stroll and a boat […]
External publications
There is a paradox at the heart of European defence. Fundamentally, European states do not trust any scheme for harmonising defence planning and capability development that does not include the […]
Commentaries
With the start of the second presidential term of Donald Trump the world has entered a period of geopolitical uncertainty and confusion. The West no longer exists, the US has […]
Commentaries
A lot of ink has been spilt over the past few weeks about the rising tensions within the Western Alliance and between Ukraine and the United States. However, the geopolitical […]