Out today: Our fall issue, Defending Europe’s Economic Security, which also marks five years of IPQ. We'll be sharing individual articles in the coming days & weeks and you can read the full issue here: ip-quarterly.com/en/fall-2025...

Coming next week, our new issue: Defending Europe’s Economic Security, featuring @lucyaash.bsky.social @ljohnson.bsky.social @bigeurope.bsky.social's Luuk van Middelaar & Hans Kribbe @bernd-lange.bsky.social @rebeccawire.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social & more!

"This feeling that the world is walking all over Europe is no longer uniquely French. It seems to be spreading across the continent," @josephdeweck.bsky.social writes in his latest Pariscope column. ip-quarterly.com/en/europeani...

This “summer of humiliation” gave rise to a sentiment that we Europeans are indeed weak. Like all things that are emerging, Europe is first a space that is experienced before being a space that is defined. Trump has added to that experience. 👉Column @ipq.bsky.social ip-quarterly.com/en/europeani...

NEW: The Russian drones incident may well shift Poland’s foreign policy, @ecfr.eu's Piotr Buras writes. ip-quarterly.com/en/drones-in...

NEW: The Russian drones incident may well shift Poland’s foreign policy, @ecfr.eu's Piotr Buras writes. ip-quarterly.com/en/drones-in...

NEW: History shows that long-term conflicts tend to work to the underdog’s advantage, and defeat has dramatic consequences for the aggressor. That’s why Europe in particular should dramatically expand military aid to Ukraine, John R. Deni & Elisabeth Nielsen argue. ip-quarterly.com/en/case-war-...

NEW: History shows that long-term conflicts tend to work to the underdog’s advantage, and defeat has dramatic consequences for the aggressor. That’s why Europe in particular should dramatically expand military aid to Ukraine, John R. Deni & Elisabeth Nielsen argue. ip-quarterly.com/en/case-war-...

New: @aylinmatle.bsky.social & @weberv.bsky.social argue that it would be in Germany’s interests to supply arms to Taiwan, as it struggles with the effects of late and insufficient US deliveries. ip-quarterly.com/en/case-berl...

China debuted multiple new weapons systems at its military parade today, making ever-more clear its increased capabilities and global role. But as @ivadica.bsky.social wrote recently, China is a big blind spot for Europe—something the EU now needs to fix. ip-quarterly.com/en/eus-blind...

On global governance without America, by @samirpuri.bsky.social: ip-quarterly.com/en/global-go...

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has started an untimely—and ill-informed—debate about “German boots on the ground in Ukraine,” making clear that a more strategic and coherent foreign policy is still a long way off, @henninghoff.bsky.social writes. ip-quarterly.com/en/will-germ...

"A dash toward nuclear weapons in a secret facility is still something that Iran can do. It has the knowledge, the material, and the equipment needed. And without inspections, the world will be blinded to that possibility." More from @crisisgroup.org's Ali Vaez: ip-quarterly.com/en/iran-down...

NEW: Israel may have emerged victorious from the recent conflict with Iran, but a dangerous stalemate persists in the power struggle between the four main players in the Middle East, @swp-berlin.org's Guido Steinberg writes. ip-quarterly.com/en/new-middl...

As European leaders prepare to meet with Trump in Washington today, read @drfranksauer.bsky.social on how they can save themselves from more nasty surprises. ip-quarterly.com/en/how-save-...

New: Our interview with @crisisgroup.org’s Ali Vaez on how the 12-day war has weakened the Iranian regime, limited its options, and increased its incentives to become a nuclear weapon state. ip-quarterly.com/en/iran-down...

NEW from @rusi.bsky.social's Neil Melvin: As Europeans increasingly relying on ad hoc formats to address security questions (beyond NATO and the EU), these should be considered the places where Europe’s new security architecture is being built. ip-quarterly.com/en/europes-s...

In June, we spoke to @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu, who said, "We need to look very carefully into the obstacles that currently exist when it comes to scaling up [defense] production … We cannot expect Putin to be prepared to wait until we are ready.” More here: ip-quarterly.com/en/we-cannot...

The Berlin Cable in our summer issue, by @henninghoff.bsky.social: ip-quarterly.com/en/merz-impr...

Carbon removal technology is increasingly in the spotlight as a means to “balance the carbon budget” — but so far these projects have failed to deliver. From our summer issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/promised-...

China’s playbook for Trump is paying off — for now, @helenalegarda.bsky.social writes in our summer issue. ip-quarterly.com/en/chinas-tr...

China’s playbook for Trump is paying off — for now, @helenalegarda.bsky.social writes in our summer issue. ip-quarterly.com/en/chinas-tr...

Donald Trump's new model for trade and investment is actually just as globalist as the old one. In our summer issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/perverse-...

Gordon Peake, former senior advisor at the United States Institute of Peace, in our summer issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/death-ame...

Daniel J. Sargent, professor of American history and citizenship @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, in our summer issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/remaking-...

Daniel J. Sargent, professor of American history and citizenship @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, in our summer issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/remaking-...

NEW: Amid rising geopolitical tensions, the NB8, the little-known forum that brings together the Nordic and Baltic states, is evolving into an important political force. But it faces many challenges, write @markrhinard.bsky.social and Jakob Hallgren. ip-quarterly.com/en/forum-for...

The last piece we publish before taking a short summer break is by long-standing contributor Jacob Mardell who is looking into the effects of China pivoting to the countries of the Global South when it comes to green tech exports.

NEW from Jacob Mardell: What China’s green tech exports to the Global South mean for the European Union, ahead of next week’s summit between EU and Chinese leaders. ip-quarterly.com/en/chinas-cl...

NEW: Amid rising geopolitical tensions, the NB8, the little-known forum that brings together the Nordic and Baltic states, is evolving into an important political force. But it faces many challenges, write @markrhinard.bsky.social and Jakob Hallgren. ip-quarterly.com/en/forum-for...

The EU’s cautious reaction to Trump’s trade wars has served it relatively well. But now is the time to switch to a tougher approach, @etiennehoera.d-64.social & @aleichthammer.bsky.social argue in our summer issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/red-lines...

The latest Pariscope from @josephdeweck.bsky.social: Geography and economics mean that even under a President Marine Le Pen, France could not walk away from European and German security. ip-quarterly.com/en/why-le-pe...

@koerber-ip.bsky.social's Julia Ganter in our summer issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/europeans...

NEW from @gmfus.bsky.social's Jack Janes and Markus Ziener: A systematic transformation is occurring in the United States, with profound ramifications for Europe. This is not just a political disagreement; it’s a struggle over the meaning of modernity. ip-quarterly.com/en/west-at-w...

NEW from @gmfus.bsky.social's Jack Janes and Markus Ziener: A systematic transformation is occurring in the United States, with profound ramifications for Europe. This is not just a political disagreement; it’s a struggle over the meaning of modernity. ip-quarterly.com/en/west-at-w...

There are challenges ahead for Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk: ip-quarterly.com/en/tusks-for...

The latest Pariscope from @josephdeweck.bsky.social: Geography and economics mean that even under a President Marine Le Pen, France could not walk away from European and German security. ip-quarterly.com/en/why-le-pe...

Read @samirpuri.bsky.social in our summer issue on rebalancing global governance without the USA, its resources, or expertise: ip-quarterly.com/en/global-go...

NEW from Vladislav Inozemtsev & Dmitry Nekrasov: Many economists argue that Putin cannot “afford” peace with Ukraine, because Russia’s economy would collapse as a result. This is not the case. ip-quarterly.com/en/why-peace...

Berlin has summoned the Chinese ambassador after saying this morning that China's military targeted a German aircraft. The incident illustrates what @noahbarkin.bsky.social argued in IPQ recently: that Europe should not increase its dependency on China: ip-quarterly.com/en/europe-be...

In his latest Berlin Cable, @henninghoff.bsky.social asks what happens now, after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz voiced appreciation for Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s “dirty work” campaign against Iran and its nuclear program. ip-quarterly.com/en/merz-impr...

Read @samirpuri.bsky.social in our summer issue on rebalancing global governance without the USA, its resources, or expertise: ip-quarterly.com/en/global-go...

Eminent economic historian Harold James assesses Trump‘s approach to trade and economic relations—not to be missed!

“Globalism, or the ethically and morally unanchored pursuit of advantage and interest on a global scale, is at the heart of MAGA.“ — Harold James in @ipq.bsky.social ip-quarterly.com/en/perverse-...

Donald Trump is trying to impose a new model for trade and investment on the world—and despite his penchant for denouncing globalism, it’s as globalist as the old one, Harold James writes. ip-quarterly.com/en/perverse-...

New in our summer issue, @drfranksauer.bsky.social: ip-quarterly.com/en/how-save-...

NEW: Dubai already shows what a post-Western world will look like. However, Lukas Paul Schmelter writes, it only functions based on the remnants of the liberal world order. ip-quarterly.com/en/dubai-har...

New Brussels Briefing: Ursula von der Leyen, Emmanuel Macron, and Friedrich Merz are Europe’s anchors, @rebeccawire.bsky.social writes. Can they put together a new EU budget in the face of Trump and populism? ip-quarterly.com/en/who-you-c...

“Even as US-China relations enter into ceasefire mode after the trade truce reached in London in June, competition remains the underlying logic in the relationship,” says @helenalegarda.bsky.social. Read her comment on China’s Trump playbook: merics.org/en/comment/c..., via @ipq.bsky.social

In our new issue, Gordon Peake, former senior advisor at the United States Institute of Peace, shares an inside view on the death of American soft power. ip-quarterly.com/en/death-ame...