From plaything to player: How Europe can stand up for itself in the next five years
Introduction The last five years have not been kind to the European Union’s foreign policy. The EU has been less relevant, less active, and less…
European Sovereignty
11 Jul
Can Europe’s new leadership deliver on strategic sovereignty?
In cooperation with European Foreign Ministries, the EEAS and Bruegel, “Strategic sovereignty: How Europe can regain the capacity to act” looks at the different ways that, in a world of superpower competition, Europe is in danger of becoming a plaything of other powers
Machine politics: Europe and the AI revolution
The EU appears to be largely uninterested in AI’s geopolitical importance, but its member states can only influence the global development of AI if they act tog
The case for a sovereign Europe
The EU's lack of sovereignty is becoming a threat. Against the Trump administration and in the face of emerging economic and technological markets, the EU risks lagging behind
The end of “Chimerica”
By threatening the survival of the Chinese tech giant Huawei, the Trump administration has put an end to speculation about a possible rupture between the United States and China. A full-scale decoupling between the world's two largest economies is now under way, and a new age of zero-sum competition is beginning
Strategic sovereignty: How Europe can regain the capacity to act
The EU needs to learn to think like a geopolitical power
Redefining Europe’s economic sovereignty
Europeans can take steps now to enhance their economic power, without advocating increased protectionism or a retreat from globalisation
Harnessing artificial intelligence
If Europe does not address these difficult questions soon it will find itself surrounded by more powerful rivals deploying AI against it
Meeting the challenge of secondary sanctions
The EU and its member states should strengthen their sanctions policy and begin to build up their deterrence and resilience against secondary sanctions
Building Europeans’ capacity to defend themselves
To hedge against US disengagement without precipitating it, Europeans should converge on “taking a greater share of the burden of defending Europe”