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From Shield to Sword
Reducing dependence on foreign suppliers raises costs, while a least cost decarbonization policy deepens dependence. The Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), proposed by the European Commission in March 2026, leads to this dilemma
The Flaws in the European Union’s Proposed Industrial Accelerator Act and How to Fix Them
The Old World becomes more dependent on the USA, but its leaders avoid condemning the war in order not to displease Trump.
America Pulling Europe Closer
This conclusion is made by a big team of European security experts from leading think tanks: the Centre for European Policy Studies, Institute for European Policymaking, Royal United Services Institute, and Clingendael. Their analysis of the European defense development problems has resulted in a common report entitled More Europe in Defence – Three Pathways.
The EU Countries Face Numerous Military Capability Gaps
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Romania are supporting the war against Iran in the hope that Trump will decide to station his troops, to be withdrawn from Germany, in their territory.
NATO’s frontline countries jockey for U.S. troops after Trump’s Germany withdrawal
In their article entitled Revamping Europe’s chips strategy: indispensability, not self-sufficiency, Niclas Poitiers and Tillman Schenk, analysts of the Brussels-based Bruegel center, attempt to offer Europe a more realistic approach to developing the semiconductor industry. But in fact the text proves an obvious thing: Europe is far – and probably desperately – behind in a key technology of the 21st century, and all its attempts to catch up look like belated and not too convincing imitation of activity.
Europe Again Racing After a Train That Has Long Left
In his analytical paper entitled Not All Dependencies Are Equal: Europe’s Energy Transition in the Wake of Geopolitical Crisis Camillo Stubenberg, a Cornell University PhD and an affiliated researcher at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs, is trying to convince the reader that Europe’s energy transition is not just a climate policy but a complicated transformation of dependencies. But in practice the text only confirms what critics say: while rejecting one dependency, Europe quite plausibly falls into another, no less dangerous and far longer-lasting one.
Not All Dependencies Are Equal, but This Is Not Easier for Europe
Experts from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation find these in their annual report on the EU and global situation, entitled The European Union – the difficult path to becoming a global anchor of stability.
The European Union in 2026: Structural Tensions Between European Aspirations and Global Reality
In an article entitled Europe Is Losing the Energy-Security Battle to China Emmanuel Guérin, a fellow and special adviser to the CEO at the European Climate Foundation, spells out a reality most uncomfortable to Brussels: while Europe still sees illusions of a ‘green transition’ and ‘energy autonomy’, China is steadily winning the strategic battle for control over future energy systems.
Europe Losing Energy Security Battle to China
Six conclusions from the post-electoral situation in Hungary. Spoiler: the new authorities will need to build a relationship with Russia.
Magyar’s Mandate
In the wake of the 2022 gas and oil shock, the EU expectably set a course to ‘get rid of Russian fossil fuels’. Today, out of the chaos of the new gas and oil crisis, a new lodestar is emerging for EU energy policy. This situation is examined by Noah Gordon, a DARE task force member.
An Electrification Race. Will the EU Avoid an Energy Crisis, and What Should It Do Next?
In a commentary entitled The war in the Gulf and the challenges facing EU energy policy, Agata Łoskot-Strachota, coordinator of the Energy in Europe project at the Warsaw-based Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), examines in detail how the Persian Gulf war and blockade of the Strait of Hormuz have revealed the European Union’s profound vulnerability. Despite years of talking about an energy transition and reducing dependence on imports, the EU finds its economy and security hit hard by an external shock once again.
The Gulf War and Europe’s Helpless Energy Policy
On 2 March 2026, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech on nuclear deterrence. European NATO allies have welcomed the speech and accompanying initiatives. Yet there remain questions about the durability and implementation of Macron’s nuclear initiatives. Defense analysts Zuzanna Gwadera and Alexander K. Bollfrass discuss this in their article entitled French nuclear deterrence: Vive l’évolution on the website of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
Macron Ready to Swap French Nuclear Deterrence for Allies’ Participation in Other Defense Spending