(Analysis) The Return of Hard Geopolitics: Towards a New Era of EU-Japan Strategic Cooperation?
With increasing entanglements between Japan and the EU has there been a tipping point in EU-Japan strategic convergence?
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(Analysis) Greco-Turkish Conflict: Drivers, Feasibility, and Impact on EU security and NATO
As the Greco-Turkish conflict ignites once more, what could be the consequences for European security and NATO unity? Is a military conflict between the two NATO members a concrete possibility?
SOTEU 2022: Expectations on the Roadmap to 2023
On the 14th of September, Ursula Von der Leyen spoke in front of the European Parliament to deliver 2022’s State of the Union speech. The President of the Commission was accompanied by the guest of honour for the evening, Mrs. Olona Zelenska. It has been 8 months since the beginning of the Ukrainian war, which has prompted an energy crisis, stark inflation and interruptions in supply-chains across Europe as a spillover effect, among other consequences.
(Analysis) Nuclear Energy Embraced & Shunned Simultaneously Within The EU
EU Member States either embrace or shun nuclear energy from their national energy policies as they strive to become energy independent.
(Analysis) EU Candidate Status for Ukraine and Moldova: Political Signal or Geostrategic Move?
The article seeks to outline the key factors that impacted the EU’s decision to grant candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova. It touches on the issues of EU-Russia competition in the shared neighborhood and relations between the EU and the Associated Trio countries.
Editor’s Note: Takeaways from the Poland Missile Incident on NATO’s Readiness
Two Polish citizens were killed when an alleged Russian missile crashed in a Polish village. What takeaways does the incident offer about NATO’s readiness?
(Analysis) A Grand Chess Game: The Russo-Ukraine Conflict’s Impact on China’s strategy toward the EU
The article speculates China’s grand strategy toward the EU within the context of the Russo-Ukraine conflict. It analyzes the US-EU-China trilateral relationships and how the U.S. and China utilize the Russo-Ukraine conflict to spread their influence in the Eurasian continent.
Weaponisnig Migration To Europe: Humanitarian Crisis or Hybrid Warfare ?
The threat of weaponized migration is sadly a reality that the European Union needs to face. This de-humanizing practice, which instrumentalizes humanitarian crisis and the struggle of innocent to gain strategic advantages, is a new way in which the conflict between Europe and Russia is being fought. As such, it is imperative to gain a comprehensive understanding of what the implications of such strategies are, and also to maintain fortitude in addressing them
EU Mutual Defense: Which Challenges Are Ahead?
The current security challenges that the European Union is facing in light of the war in Ukraine oblige it to rethink its definitions of security and defence. Often ignored in these debates is the fact that the EU has an own mutual defence tool at its disposal, similar to the one established through NATO.
Let’s Tune In: Russian Partial Mobilization
On September 21st, Putin announced a “partial mobilization” composed of Russian reservists who will be engaged on the Russian territory, which is threatened by the European uptight attitude to “destroy” the Russian territory and its strength. In his speech, Putin shifted the meaning of the war from a “special military operation” to an existential operation that will depend on Russian unity and its strength. These would have been the words used by Putin in a Russian televised address.