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Europe must really confront China now: delay is no longer an option.
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (460+ words) The EUISS is an agency of the European Union Europe urgently needs a serious debate on China. Not a technical discussion about tariffs, subsidies, or market access, but a strategic one. After all, China affects everything at once: industrial policy,…...
Online event: Defending Europe, deterring Russia
2+ week, 1+ day ago (121+ words) The EUISS is an agency of the European Union Europe faces its most dangerous security environment in decades. With intelligence assessments suggesting that Russia could test NATO's defences within the coming years, how can Europe build a credible defence posture…...
Europe must focus on defending itself, not on keeping Trump happy
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (300+ words) The EUISS is an agency of the European Union The main obstacle is psychological: are we ready to think and act in terms of European power and deterrence? There are two things we must avoid. First, conducting the discussion under…...
Armenia's election: A welcome win for Pashinyan, but a difficult road lies ahead
3+ week, 3+ day ago (201+ words) The EUISS is an agency of the European Union But any sense of EU complacency now that the election is over would be misplaced." For Moscow, the election turned into a geopolitical battlefield as it sought to protect its waning…...
Why tensions between the US and its allies are now so critical: Reflections on competing coalition dynamics ahead of the G7 summit
3+ week, 6+ day ago (129+ words) The EUISS is an agency of the European Union China's coalition-building efforts have evolved into a structural trend that reaches far beyond the Sino-Russian rapprochement and now encompasses a large number of countries from the "Global South'." All this makes…...
Shared threats, shared resilience: Integrating enlargement partners in EU digital and cyber security
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (299+ words) The EUISS is an agency of the European Union In order to enhance Europe's capacity to address digital threats, the EU and its enlargement partners need to improve political, societal and industrial resilience. 1. EEAS, "Countering hybrid threats " strategic communications', 2024. 2. European…...
Closing the deep-strike gap: Why Europe needs useful systems now
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (172+ words) The EUISS is an agency of the European Union Finally, Europeans need to change their approach to procurement by accepting more risk and greater tolerance for imperfection. An ideal system arriving in a decade will not help close Europe's current…...
France's nuclear initiative: A step toward Europeanising deterrence | European Union Institute for Security Studies
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (497+ words) France's plan to expand its nuclear arsenal and deepen cooperation with European partners marks a step towards "Europeanising' deterrence. But stronger conventional forces and clearer strategies for managing escalation will be key for making Europe's deterrence posture credible....
The rules of reconstruction: Why the EU-Syria reset must put institutions first
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (207+ words) The EUISS is an agency of the European Union This is where the EU's comparative advantage lies. It cannot outspend Gulf states, match T'rkiye's proximity or replicate US leverage through sanctions. But it can help shape the institutional environment in…...
Xi and Trump are heading for tactical stabilisation, not a reset
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (355+ words) The EUISS is an agency of the European Union In a midterm election year, Trump and the Republican Party have little reason to risk another economic shock. High petrol prices, falling real disposable income in recent months and slower job…...