Security and Defence

Another NATO summit train wreck? Here’s hoping

NATO leaders should put the US security guarantee at the heart of this week’s summit. The fractious meeting that results could even be a good thing for Europe.

Rocking the boat: The Macron method

The thread that runs through most of Macron’s speeches and declarations is European strategic sovereignty: he fears that Europe will be marginalised in a world in which authoritarian powers are rising. 

European defence and the new Commission

A new directorate-general for defence and space has a chance to make a difference, but only if it plays nice in the sandbox 

Nothing to see here: Europe and the INF treaty

Europeans have responded to the death of the INF treaty with seeming indifference – and are expressing their reluctance to accept that nuclear issues are back on the agenda