Politics
Friedrich Merz Sees Germany Significantly Larger than It Is
What is proposed is to reduce the forces that could defend Europe directly – while preserving those supporting U.S. global power.
Military Drawdown from Europe but Continued Domination Called for in USA
Long considered a periphery of European politics, the Arctic now determines whether the European Union will stay connected to Asia without relying on others’ narrow straits.
The Arctic as a Digital Sovereignty Test for Europe
The growth of the strategic importance of the Arctic and U.S. and Russian threats from this flank will require the European Union to invest significant and institutional resources.
Hybrid Threats to Europe from Its Arctic Flank
The country’s political center can no longer isolate the far right that has won a landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt.
Germany Returning to East German Politics
European élites want the European Union to enlarge, but candidate countries disappoint them. Many in the EU are unwelcoming to new residents in the European house, too, while candidate countries’ societies are tired of waiting out in the rain.
EU Enlargement No Longer a Story of Success
AfD Victory in Saxony-Anhalt Marks a Turning Point for Germany. It should now build on its success.
AfD Victory in Saxony-Anhalt Marks a Turning Point for Germany
Giorgia Meloni Going for a Record. Will her government become post-war Italy’s longest-lasting one– or get derailed by the 2027 election?
Giorgia Meloni Going for a Record
On 2 August 2026, the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act was supposed to fully enter into force. It had been positioned from the outset as the most ambitious regulatory framework for artificial intelligence anywhere in the world.
AI Regulatory Double Bind. Europe Has Incurred It On Its Own
The Middle Corridor is being promoted as a strategic response to the disruption of habitual Eurasian routes. In practice, it remains a chain of bottlenecks, delays and fragmented interests that cannot yet compete with sea freight nor with the northern route.
The Middle Corridor: A Geopolitical Dream with Dubious Prospects
