Geopolitics

What can Europe do to mitigate economic security risks?

Can the Dutch tail wag the EU budgetary dog?

A new pro-European government in the Netherlands could set a beneficial example by departing from traditional Dutch stinginess on the EU budget

Inside the Nexperia crisis: what it means for Europe’s tech sovereignty

A story of semiconductors, geopolitics and Europe’s struggle to define its economic security in a world of rising US-China tensions

From strategy to doctrine: the next steps for European economic security

The EU needs a balanced strategy to cut reliance on the US and China while improving its capacity to counter coercive economic threats

Rethinking the governance and funding of European rearmament

A first step in coalition building to reform the global trading system

Two of the world’s major trading blocs have signalled their willingness to work to repair a system undermined by the US and China

How can the EU show leadership at COP30?

EU enlargement momentum risks falling victim to veto power

The path to European Union enlargement seems to be narrowing, with only a couple of countries currently able to squeeze through the gap

Understanding US foreign military sales globally since 2008: an analysis of a new dataset

The paper presents a new dataset of all US Foreign Military Sales since 2008 and analyses global trends in volumes and equipment types

The Trump–Xi summit: less a deal, more an uneasy truce

The meeting of the US and Chinese presidents in South Korea resulted in a pragmatic but precarious agreement

Tariffs, deals and multilateral ideals: can the World Trade Organization survive?

The Trump administration’s trade policy accelerates the WTO’s decline and challenges global trade governance

How can Europe take greater advantage of Russia’s immobilised reserve assets?