"What does the outcome of her appeal against a 2025 embezzlement conviction mean for the country’s political future?" carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...

"The Kremlin's dependence on an alternative reality makes peace psychologically lethal for Russia’s leader" cepa.org/article/why-...

"Keir Starmer keen to leave Downing Street with positive signal to Europe by pledging financial commitment" www.ft.com/content/3c8b...

"Alliance summits have become an exercise in managing an erratic US president" www.ft.com/content/7e42...

"Kyiv has developed a strategy for winning the war. Now all it needs is time" foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/09/u...

"America and Its Allies Must Pool Their Efforts" www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

"Neither wishful multilateralism nor cold realpolitik will do. Mark Carney and Alexander Stubb suggest a third way" www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

"With national defence budgets rising [...], the central question is no longer how to finance defence, but how to turn defence investment into military capability while catalysing Europe’s industrial renewal" www.martenscentre.eu/publication/...

"While European allies have ramped up their defense spending, the Alliance overall is weakened “due to the lack of clear commitment and leadership from the United States.”" www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-seri...

"The U.S. president has refashioned the alliance into something far different from its original intention" www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

"Europeans are gaming out their future defense, and it’s unthinkable without Kyiv" foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/29/e...

"As NATO leaders meet in Washington, the existential issues of US leadership and defeating Putin in Europe are not on the formal agenda" cepa.org/article/nato...

"This year's meeting is, once again primarily about managing the United States and keeping US President Donald Trump—a longstanding NATO-skeptic—committed to the alliance" globalaffairs.org/commentary/a...

"The Kremlin-installed authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea declared a state of emergency last week amid energy blackouts and fuel shortages caused by Ukraine’s intensifying blockade of the Black Sea peninsula" www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...

"Washington will hold annual reviews on terms of commerce with its biggest trading partners" www.ft.com/content/2c7b...

"Ankara is once again starting to consider Europe as the center of gravity for its defense and defense-industrial efforts" www.brookings.edu/articles/can...

"The U.S. president’s policies are driving Europe’s push for technological sovereignty" foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/01/t...

"Drifting From America, the Continent Is Rearming and Reordering Itself" www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/europ...

"Much of the estimated €293 million price tag will be spent on security" www.politico.eu/article/iris...

"This will have economic consequences for the places they flee and their destinations" www.economist.com/finance-and-...

"Yet as of early 2026, all these examples of authoritarian cooperation had converged to sustain the longest and most horrific land war in Europe since World War II" cepa.org/comprehensiv...

"America Depends on It—and Can Restore It" www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

"Europe must resist the temptation to become a fortress in a closed West" www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

"They must shore up their nuclear and conventional strike capabilities, improve their missile defences, and prioritise stronger intelligence-sharing among NATO allies" ecfr.eu/publication/...

Delighted to highlight some of the recent blog posts from our students on our website! This includes Charles Smith's piece on European Critical Minerals Strategy www.american.edu/sis/centers/...

"Even as the world is still learning the details of the agreement between the United States and Iran, Europe and the Gulf states find themselves with a common problem to solve" link.atlanticcouncil.org/with-the-war...

"Chancellor Friedrich Merz hosted leaders of European NATO powers in Berlin to hash out consensus on bolstering European defense. With US tensions looming, the leaders signaled that transatlantic ties are improving" www.dw.com/en/germanys-...

"How other countries and their citizens helped the United States live up to its ideals" foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/19/a...

"Mette Frederiksen has long been one of the EU’s most hawkish voices on irregular migration, startling many of her centre-left allies" www.ft.com/content/b131...

"Targeted measures can help smaller cities access needed capital" www.gmfus.org/news/financi...

"Is it Starmer or the system?" www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/w...

"New ECFR polling shows British voters see Brexit as a disaster" ecfr.eu/publication/...

"Tech regulation will form a large part of Dublin’s presidency of the Council of the EU, which starts July 1" www.politico.eu/article/irel...

"Though Juneteenth is the newest national holiday, it might be the most important U.S. holiday, and one that was overdue to garner recognition at the federal level" www.worldpoliticsreview.com/juneteenth-u...

"The Continent Must Act Like a Country" www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/only-...

"As his Gaza agreement has shown, Trump is better at fanfare than follow-up" foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/22/t...

"Amid the uncertainty of Trump’s deal, how will ships decide when to leave the Persian Gulf?" foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/17/t...

"The Growing Odds and Seismic Consequences of a Le Pen–Bardella Victory" www.foreignaffairs.com/france/how-f...

"The Islamic Republic has survived. Now comes the hard part" foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/17/i...

"List expanded to almost 400 imported items with significant amount of steel or aluminium" www.ft.com/content/af01...

"The Iran war has reminded Ankara that a post-American Middle East may offer greater room for maneuver, but also fewer rules and a more perilous world" www.brookings.edu/articles/tur...

"Hungary under Viktor Orbán deployed right-wing populism as a foreign policy strategy, embedding the country in a web of illiberal transnational networks whose legacy will endure even after his April 2026 electoral defeat" carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

"As the enlargement process becomes a reality, the union must also prepare its own societies" carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...

"The leaders of America, China and Russia scorn consensual politics. That is a mistake" www.economist.com/internationa...

"As geopolitical rivalry weaponizes global supply chains, the EU’s true vulnerability lies in emerging-risk imports" carnegieendowment.org/europe/resea...

"Soccer is egalitarian. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is anything but" foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/11/f...

"The organized violence was spearheaded by far-right gangs with connections to sectarian militias associated with Northern Ireland’s 30-yearlong conflict known as the Troubles" www.worldpoliticsreview.com/uk-belfast-a...

"Lavish buildings put up by his regime contrasted sharply with Hungary’s crumbling social infrastructure" www.ft.com/content/5f7d...

"Prime Minister Rumen Radev believes the Ukrainian cause is “doomed.”" www.politico.eu/article/bulg...

"At the upcoming summit in Ankara, NATO should create a hub that could coordinate participating allies’ response to gray-zone attacks" www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/n...