The End of “Returning to the Past”: Trump in China and Lessons for Europe
From 13 to 15 May 2026, US President Donald Trump paid a state visit to China. It was his second state visit to the country after his 2017 trip, and […]
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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 […]
From Deal to Rules: An EU Offer for TRIPP and Middle Corridor Governance
In August 2025, Armenia and Azerbaijan, which have never established diplomatic relations, initialled a peace agreement at the White House. It was the most significant step towards normalising relations since […]
A Grand New European Security Strategy
When a basic assumption of one’s strategy is no longer valid, one writes a new one. That is the case of Europe today: we assumed that the United States would […]
Not One War but Three Wars in the Middle East
From a strategic perspective, the currently labelled “Iran War” is in fact three distinct wars, inter-connected no doubt, but with distinct aims and characteristics. These are: the US war on […]
Dissuasion avancée: Macron’s Realistic Complement to NATO Nuclear Deterrence
On 2 March 2026, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech on nuclear deterrence at the Ile Longue nuclear submarine base. The speech was made in a vastly different geopolitical […]