The Transatlantic Alliance Is Not Dead. But It Is Being Renegotiated.
The US-EU relationship has entered its most transactional phase since the Cold War. Europe is adapting — but the adjustment is painful, uneven, and far from complete.
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What Poland's Local Elections Tell Us About 2027
Poland's local elections in November revealed fault lines that will shape national politics for years.
The Housing Crisis That Could Break European Politics
Housing affordability has become the top economic concern in 19 EU member states. The crisis is fuelling populism, depressing birth rates, and undermining socia...
Europe Trade War With China Is No Longer a Metaphor
The EU decision to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs has triggered a chain reaction that is reshaping transatlantic trade alliances and forcing European manufacture...
“The US-EU relationship has entered its most transactional phase since the Cold War. Europe is adapting — but the adjustment is painful, uneven, and far from complete.”
Europe's Cyber Defence Has a Single Point of Failure: Its Governments
A wave of state-sponsored cyberattacks against European hospitals, energy grids, and government systems has exposed a critical gap in the continent's digital de...
Europe's Africa Strategy Is Failing. Here Is How to Fix It.
The EU's Global Gateway promised €150B for infrastructure investment in Africa. Delivery has been slow, and African leaders are losing patience with European co...
The Green Transition Just Got More Expensive. Blame the Grid.
The bottleneck in Europe energy transition is no longer generation capacity. It is the antiquated grid infrastructure that cannot handle distributed, intermitte...