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The battle of ideas is escalating
For decades, think tanks and other knowledge institutions occupied a relatively well-defined niche in liberal democracies. Their role was to translate academic research into policy-relevant analysis,...
China is quietly armour-plating its supply chains. Brussels must take note
The European Union is moving slowly but deliberately towards one of its most consequential industrial policy moments in decades: the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA),...
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The battle of ideas is escalating
For decades, think tanks and other knowledge institutions occupied a relatively well-defined niche in liberal democracies. Their role was to translate academic research into policy-relevant analysis,...
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The battle of ideas is escalating
For decades, think tanks and other knowledge institutions occupied a relatively well-defined niche in liberal democracies. Their role was to translate academic research into policy-relevant analysis,...
Editors’ Choice: More than just money – Ukraine’s EU dream
In 2023, Ursula von der Leyen called on EU members to “prove what it means to support Ukraine for as long as it takes.”...
China is quietly armour-plating its supply chains. Brussels must take note
The European Union is moving slowly but deliberately towards one of its most consequential industrial policy moments in decades: the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA),...
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The battle of ideas is escalating
For decades, think tanks and other knowledge institutions occupied a relatively well-defined niche in liberal democracies. Their role was to translate academic research into policy-relevant analysis,...
Editors’ Choice: More than just money – Ukraine’s EU dream
In 2023, Ursula von der Leyen called on EU members to “prove what it means to support Ukraine for as long as it takes.”...
China is quietly armour-plating its supply chains. Brussels must take note
The European Union is moving slowly but deliberately towards one of its most consequential industrial policy moments in decades: the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA),...
Europe’s cyber defence now runs on American goodwill
At the start of the month Anthropic released Mythos, which it calls the most capable AI model to date. Within days, Mythos had helped...
Europe needs green tech more than ever; France shows social leasing is the way forward
Energy has been the main driver of Europe’s biggest inflation crises – the 1973 oil shock, the 2022 gas crisis, the price surge we...
Bulgaria’s election tests how far the EU can contain pro-Russia drift
Rumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria party has won Bulgaria’s eighth general election in five years, securing an absolute parliamentary majority and breaking a long cycle of instability....
An EU-China bridge is designed to crumble
Recent tensions between the EU and US have resurfaced the familiar argument that Europe should rebalance towards China to compensate for uncertainty in Washington....
Editors’ Choice: Purging bad blood in the Union
After 16 years in office, a fixture of Europe’s political firmament fell on Sunday. Viktor Orbán’s defeat signifies a seismic shift that tips the...
Europe needs a new framework to face energy challenges
Not for the first time, geopolitical tensions and market volatility, exacerbated by instability in the Middle East, have revealed an uncomfortable reality: Europe’s dependence on fossil fuels remains a strategic vulnerability.
However the circumstances...
The Brief – Russia growls at European drone makers
The Russian defence ministry issued a thinly veiled threat to Ukrainian drone manufacturers via a Telegram post on Wednesday, publishing the addresses of multiple...
When dealing with China, grandstanding gets the EU nowhere
Ursula von der Leyen’s relations with China have been characterised by a confrontational and critical tone, with little to show for it.
In recent years,...
Orbán is History. Now what?
Hungary has chosen a new future – one without Orbán but with the European Union. After 16 years in power, Orbán has been voted out of...


