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 […]
Publications
The Three Swords of Damocles: Why Ukraine and Europe Must Break Free from US Dependency
If Trump calls Putin, the Ukrainians must expect the worst. A year ago, Putin rang Trump whilst the Ukrainian President Zelensky was on a plane bound for Washington. In Ukraine’s […]
Why NATO Needs a Flexible Response Strategy, Again
In many NATO capitals, the policy debate on nuclear deterrence is intensifying. This is no surprise. The nuclear saber-rattling that has accompanied Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine has offered Western […]
Memoranda of Understanding? Minilateral Defence Frameworks and Avoiding the Fragmentation of European Defence
Europe’s defence architecture is becoming increasingly complex precisely at the moment when greater coherence is most needed. The amount of new minilateral defence frameworks established and developed in the last […]
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 […]