Following the NATO summit in Ankara, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reaffirmed that the alliance is “more united than ever.” GMF's Claudia Major joined journalist Anne Will to discuss the summit’s key outcomes. ➡️ Watch (in German) here: https://bit.ly/4gvcQo2

🪖 Europe can build more military capability. Escaping dependence on the United States will be much harder. ➡️ Read the op-ed here: https://bit.ly/4vWFB1N ➡️ Read the full report on American Power in Europe here: https://bit.ly/3RrRn51

GMF Senior Fellow Martin Quencez featured in POLITICO Europe on the challenges facing France's defense ambitions: "France hasn't resolved the issue of acquiring more mass." Quencez notes that the rhetoric has not always been matched by investment. 🔗 https://politi.co/4h4es8j

“It really is a tale of two summits.” In the NYTimes, GMF's Ian Lesser reflects on a NATO Summit that unfolded on "two parallel lanes": one shaped by debate over Trump's agenda and another focused on collective defense, defense spending, and support for Ukraine. ⬇️ https://nyti.ms/4vTjQ2x

In The Wall Street Journal, GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer explains: “The big issue I think that Europeans should be focusing on is the industrial cadence and capacity to actually deliver in a much quicker way to meet the moment.” 🔗 https://on.wsj.com/4eZRP2c

GMF expert Ian Lesser on NPR: "I think there's a broad consensus in the alliance that in the future NATO is going to be a more European NATO, though certainly not a NATO without the United States. I think that's extremely unlikely, and obviously very undesirable." 🔗 Read here: https://n.pr/4fbyxqW

In a new GMF policy brief, Dan Kliman examines the opportunities and pressures shaping the emerging transatlantic defense tech ecosystem and sets forth guidelines for navigating today's inflection point. 🔗 Read the guidelines: https://bit.ly/4wsWEbp

"It's very clear that the US role is changing." In The New York Times, GMF's Claudia Major explains why European allies increasingly view a greater role in their own defense as unavoidable—and why the key question now is how that transition will unfold. 🔗 https://nyti.ms/4vQ8k8d

GMF's Claudia Major joined journalist Paul Ronzheimer for his podcast to analyze how serious the threat from Russia really is, what the consequences of a possible US withdrawal from Europe would be, and why Europeans underestimated the warnings from Trump’s first term. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4y6GHcu

In the Financial Times, GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer argues that Europe should see this moment as an opportunity rather than a “window of vulnerability” made up of “Europeans not knowing what to do [and] panicking.” ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4bdTYGp

In The NYTimes, GMF's Ozgur Unluhisarcikli highlights one of the factors reshaping NATO's future: defense industrial capacity. "Turkey has built a unique ecosystem in which its production times are faster than European averages and its finishing of projects more reliable." https://nyti.ms/3QUJcy3

🛡️ NATO is being renegotiated. The transition to a Europe-led security order is underway. GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer argues that Europe must move beyond debates over defense spending and focus on capabilities, industrial coordination, and innovation. ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4vbIQRt

🌍 "This is less a NATO crisis than Europe's geopolitical maturation," said GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer. 🔗 Read the full interview with Der Spiegel's Roland Nelles here: https://bit.ly/4flkbVZ 🔗 Read the original interview in German here: https://bit.ly/4azLmK3

"The dilemma at the E.U." is seeing Turkey as "a partner, a competitor and at times a rival," he argues. As Europe's security landscape shifts, defining that relationship is becoming increasingly important. 🔗 https://wapo.st/4eMmWzt

In an interview with @lemonde.fr, GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer argues that the United States is grappling with strategic saturation. 🔗 Read the English interview here: https://bit.ly/4vRVu9E

GMF's Özgür Ünlühisarcıklı told Bloomberg: "Historically, Turkey’s value to NATO was seen as stemming mainly from its strategic geography and the size of its military. Increasingly, however, its defense industry has become an equally important asset.” Read the piece: https://bloom.bg/4avxrVj

GMF's Sudha David-Wilp told AP: "Most of the mainstream leaders realize that Europe is getting squeezed between China and America...They need to act as a bloc in order to maintain Europe’s place in the world.” 🔗 Read the article: https://bit.ly/4whtZpG

GMF President Alexandra De Hoop Scheffer writes in her article for Foreign Policy: "The case for the demise of trans-Atlanticism rests on the claim that it is inseparable from the liberal international order that has collapsed. But trans-Atlanticism was never only a values project." (1/2)

GMF's Philip Bednarczyk told Foreign Policy that frequent contact between Trump and Nawrocki gives staff room to move on deals: "That's enough for important people in both administrations to do important work." ⤵️ Read more: https://bit.ly/4vrAQw9

🇩🇪 GMF’s Sudha David-Wilp told Newsweek that Germany has "woken up to geopolitical realities and has stepped up significantly with investments in its military," showing that the country "is no longer uninhibited about becoming a military leader in Europe." 🔗 Read the piece: https://bit.ly/4b0Vyva

💻 Recent US export controls on advanced AI models show the geopolitical stakes of the AI and cyber race. GMF’s Julia Tréhu and Antonia Wunnerlich analyze how US and EU cybersec policy is adapting to a more contested geopolitical landscape and tech change. 🔗 Read here: https://bit.ly/44sQFY7

🔋The road to decarbonization increasingly passes through China, which comes at a cost of Europe's previous leadership in these industries. However, GMF's Julia Tréhu explains why this trend doesn’t have to be permanent. 🔗 Read here: https://bit.ly/4gGAi1m

🏙️ Local governments are turning to AI to deliver public services. GMF's Tarsi Dunlop and Allison Mahr argue that cities must think carefully about where automation helps, and where replacing human judgment does more harm than good. 🔗 Read here: https://bit.ly/4exQMaL

🇺🇸🇮🇳🇯🇵🇦🇺 The Quad's latest foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi delivered more substance than the skeptics expected. GMF's Sameer Lalwani examines what the foreign ministers actually accomplished and the challenges that remain. 🔗 Read here: https://bit.ly/4evrdY3

Transatlantic tech tensions risk overshadowing a major opportunity: public good AI. GMF's Dr. Sharinee Jagtiani argues the US and EU are well positioned to cooperate here and should do so to improve cancer diagnostics, climate forecasting, and more. 🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4g7pnOg

🇺🇦🌍 What does it take to keep a city running under constant attack? And what should Europe be learning from Ukraine now? GMF’s Unbreakable Ukraine forum in Gdańsk, ahead of #URC2026, focused on how Ukraine is building systems that hold up under wartime pressure. Some takeaways👇

🇨🇳🎙️ China's activity in the South China Sea is intensifying. On the China Global Podcast episode, Bonnie Glaser speaks with Collin Koh about China's coast guard escalations and renewed island-building, as well as how alliances are changing in the region. 🎧 Listen: https://bit.ly/4uZQdvw

📣 Upcoming event: Rethinking Hungary-Ukraine Relations: A New Start for Reconciliation 🗓️ Online | June 30 | 9:00am ET / 1500 CET Speakers: Tamás Csiki Varga, Serhiy Gerasymchuk, @danielhegedus.bsky.social, Balázs Tárnok, and @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social 🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4xUlaUz

Since Russia' full-scale invasion, Ukraine has built one of the world's most battle-tested defense industries. Maria Repko sets out what the EU, national governments, and Ukraine must now do to lock in defense-industrial integration before the window closes. 🔗 Read here: https://bit.ly/4oR5D3M

📣🇺🇦 Don't miss GMF's Unbreakable Ukraine forum today! 📄 See agenda and register for livestream: https://bit.ly/3QGmHMZ

GMF expert Ian Lesser joined The Greek Current Podcast to discuss what Trump’s Iran deal could mean for Washington, its allies, and the global economy. 🎧 Listen here: https://bit.ly/43OFoRR

🇺🇦 Ahead of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026, here are five perspectives from GMF experts on Ukraine's reconstruction. 🔗Read the ideas and join us live tomorrow: https://bit.ly/43M3LiZ

📣🇺🇦 This Wednesday, GMF will host the Unbreakable Ukraine forum on the event of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026. Swipe to meet some of our notable speakers. The event will be livestreamed from 12:00 to 18:00 on June 24th. 📄 See agenda and register for livestream: https://bit.ly/43M3LiZ

GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, PhD told Le Monde’s Piotr Smolar: "Europeans, the Gulf states, and allies in the Indo-Pacific will have to do three things at the same time."

📣 Upcoming event: Electoral Integrity Under Pressure: Democratic Resilience in the Eastern Partnership Countries 🗓️ June 22nd at 9:00 am ET/3pm CET | Online Register: https://bit.ly/4gzhqRQ

📣🇺🇦 GMF is heading to the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026. On June 24, GMF will host the Unbreakable Ukraine Forum in Gdańsk — a half-day convening on Ukraine's resilience, and civilian preparedness, and the lessons Ukraine offers for European security.

GMF's Ian Lesser spoke with i24NEWS on Europe's offer to lead demining operations in the Strait of Hormuz and what's at stake for the alliance ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara. ➡️ Watch the interview: https://youtu.be/86lvAZEVK5E

GMF's Ian Lesser told FRANCE 24's Mark Owen: "[Trump] doesn't completely share the European view about the nature of the threat to European security that Russian behaviour poses." Watch the interview: https://bit.ly/4eCcSrD

Allied defense tech cooperation is at a crossroads. A new ecosystem is emerging, but it is also under strain. Whether allies come together will determine their ability to compete. GMF has launched a Defense Tech Task Force to shape what comes next .

🇪🇺🇨🇳 GMF’s Gunnar Wiegand spoke to Politico EU about growing EU consensus on the need to confront Chinese trade practices. “What has become clear now to all governments in Europe is that the very industrial base of Europe is in danger.” Read here: https://politi.co/4vkfcuq

We’re entering a new era of geopolitical competition. No country can compete alone. GMF is launching a Defense Tech Task Force bringing together leaders with experience in government, industry, and the military to strengthen allied defense tech collaboration. 🔗 www.gmfus.org/news/gmf-lau...

GMF expert Ian Lesser explains on NPR the importance of the transatlantic alliance to the success of the G7: "It's arguably the worst in many, many decades, and it touches many, many different things from trade to security to people-to-people relations." 🎧 Listen here: https://n.pr/4oAnQ5p

🧬 AI and synthetic bio advances are expanding access to dangerous biological capabilities. GMF's Yukimasa Matsuzawa argues that biological intelligence must now track who can access dangerous capabilities and how those can be used. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4onidHL

🛢️ Europe set out to diversify its energy supply through the eastern Mediterranean. Instead, it built a new dependency. GMF's Gabriel Mitchell traces how commercial decisions are locking in vulnerabilities that diplomacy cannot easily reverse. 🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4vE2Dd0

GMF’s Kristina Kausch spoke to DW News about ongoing US war with Iran:
 “What we see very clearly in this conflict is that superior military capability does not equal deterrence.” 🔗 Watch here: https://bit.ly/4uBcPSJ

GMF's Bonnie Glaser told the NYT: “Based on the sum total of what President Trump has said to the media, it seems like he has absorbed a great deal of Xi Jinping’s thinking on Taiwan. People are anxious.” 🔗 Read here: https://nyti.ms/43wfz8S

The new AI and cybersecurity risk executive order signed by Trump aims to bolster federal cyber capacity and improve coordination of government and industry AI cybersecurity efforts. GMF's Adrienne Goldstein explains the 3 major takeaways👇 🔗Read it: https://www.gmfus.org/news/tap-brakes

🌏 Applications are open for NEXUS: Next Generation Security Exchange. GMF will select 10 MA and PhD students from the US, Japan, and Europe for a series of expert-led webinars and an in-person training in Washington, DC this November. 📅 Apply by June 30. 🔗 More info: https://bit.ly/43mFiAG

A new political storm between Poland and Ukraine is a reminder that unresolved historical memory complicates their relationship, even in wartime. GMF's Yuliia Korotia explores how these disputes are testing a key partnership Europe can't afford to lose. 🔗 Read it: https://bit.ly/3QbAbA5

GMF President Alexandra De Hoop Scheffer joined France Culture: Affaires étrangères with Christine Ockrent to discuss Trump 2 and America’s political divisions. Listen to the interview (in French): https://bit.ly/4ugNZHK