Administered Heroes: How Russia Governs Its Veterans
Russia’s veterans of the war in Ukraine are rapidly becoming a defining social and political force in the country, yet they remain among the most analytically misread phenomena in contemporary […]
EU strategy and foreign policy
Publications
Commentaries
Armenia: The Election Decided Less Than It Seems
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has won Armenia’s 7 June parliamentary election, and not narrowly. His Civil Contract party has taken just under half the vote, more than double its nearest […]
Commentaries
This Means War! Operationalising Art. 42.7 TEU
Activating Article 42.7 of the Treaty means that, we, all twenty-seven EU Member States, are at war. As talk of operationalising 42.7 has become fashionable, this must be absolutely clear. […]
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. *******
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 […]