Two very different maritime wars are rewriting some of the oldest assumptions about naval power. In the Black Sea, Ukraine has demonstrated that a country with virtually no conventional fleet can impose
Carney’s historic visit to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon signals deepening Canada-Europe ties as both sides look to counter unpredictable pressure from Washington Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney did not have to fly across the ocean
Italy’s nuclear comeback would be less about whether Europe “likes” nuclear than about whether Europe can afford not to hedge. And if Italy demonstrates that the hedge can be made credible—legally, technically,
Key Takeaways: The Cyprus summit tests whether the EU can translate crisis into capacity across Middle East diplomacy, energy resilience, Article 42.7 clarity, and MFF reform. Fragmentation, not scarcity, is the real foe—demanding prioritization over posturing. As EU leaders converge on Cyprus this week for an informal European Council summit, the
Europe is speaking in Washington, but nobody in the Trump White House is really listening. During a recent flurry of high‑profile meetings in Washington, European leaders tried to rally shared values, coordinate
When Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced plans to grant legal status to nearly half a million unauthorized immigrants, reactions rippled across Europe. The proposal—expected to be debated in the Cortes later
The UK’s new steel tariffs may be sold as industrial protection, but for British manufacturing they risk acting like a tax on production itself. By making imported steel more expensive and shrinking
When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni touched down in Jeddah on April 3rd, she did something no other leader from the European Union, NATO, G7 or G20 had dared since the U.S.-Israeli
In an era of unraveling global order, the European Union’s free-trade agreements with far-flung partners—India’s “Mother of All Deals,” Mercosur’s long-stalled pact, Australia’s minerals lifeline—are no longer mere economic afterthoughts. They are
With all the attention on the escalating war in Iran, Ukraine has almost faded from the headlines. Still, there are signs that Vladimir Putin has taken advantage of this moment as the
When the French government announced it would spend €70 million in April to subsidize fuel costs for farmers, truck drivers, and fishermen, it was not merely addressing an economic issue — it
In the marble halls of Brussels, where European leaders once negotiated in presumed solidarity, a chilling new reality has emerged: one member state may have turned the tables into an open line
The Swiss government has dropped a quiet bombshell: no new licenses for weapons exports to the United States. The reason was as blunt as it was consistent with Bern’s centuries-old playbook. “The