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Europe’s strategic sleepwalking

Internal division and hesitation hinder us from shaping a multipolar world. We urgently need to turn global rupture into renewal

By Udo Bullmann

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The ego of nations

European crises require unity, yet leaders continue to prioritise sovereignty, making citizens the casualties of political posturing

By Jan Zielonka

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The European Union looks North

Geopolitical shocks are tilting Greenland, Iceland and Norway towards the EU — a shift that could reshape Europe’s security, energy and Arctic future

By Roderick Kefferpütz, Villy Søvndal

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Stitching laws with golden thread

It is not political opposition from Brussels that risks delaying Ukraine’s accession, but bureaucratic inertia within its own institutions

By Oleksandr Iakymenko

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Damned if we do, damned if we don’t

Visa liberalisation once united Georgia with Europe. Now it risks tearing them apart

By Tamar Gamkrelidze

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The Empire strikes back, and Europe is confused

While the world is experiencing the comeback of imperial powers, a fragmented Europe is struggling with its new role — and with itself

By Jan Zielonka

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The European miracle

Why Europe’s future is built on the ruins of the past — and what is at stake today

By Martin Schulz

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Close enough to dream of Europe

No decisive break, but a decisive message. Yerevan dares a careful distance from Moscow

By Arshaluis Mghdesyan

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America first — Europe last?

After Munich, the transatlantic bond seems weaker than ever. And Europe’s response? Much of the same old story

By Christos Katsioulis

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Has the EU Commission found its true north?

Ursula von der Leyen’s Competitiveness Compass promises a new economic doctrine for Europe, but social and regulatory concerns remain

By Andrew Watt