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Hard Times for Soft Power

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US President Donald Trump promotes a brash new global credo which holds that might is right. Research shows, though, that how much good a country does can be just as important.

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Simon Anholt
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The US-India Breakdown Creates an Opening for Europe

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Germany’s relationship with India is slowly improving, and so is Europe’s at large. President Donald Trump’s torpedoing of US-India ties offers an opportunity to enhance this relationship even further. 

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Barnaby Dye
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Europe’s Deepening Security Ties with the Philippines

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Since 2024, European countries and the EU have intensified military and security cooperation with the Philippines. Manila is emerging as a key partner in the Indo-Pacific.

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Bryce C. Barros
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Shockwaves Made in China

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Beijing’s brute-force push in technology and industry is doing more than triggering a second “China shock.” It is operating like a vortex, submerging global markets with overproduction and pulling under Europe’s industrial competitiveness.

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Jacob Gunter
Mikko Huotari
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Trump’s America: An Economic Challenge for the EU

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The Trump administration’s policy of coercive protectionism is doing great damage to the international trade regime. The EU must prepare for continued uncertain transatlantic trade relations—and strengthen its geoeconomic deterrence policies.

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Markus Jaeger
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Europe’s New Reality

Europe’s Security Increasingly Lies Beyond NATO and the EU

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The Europeans are increasingly relying on ad hoc formats to address security questions. Those should no longer be seen as temporary fixes but as the place where Europe’s new  security architecture is being built.

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Neil Melvin
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“We Cannot Expect Putin to Wait Until We’re Ready”

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Amid Russia’s continued aggression and military build-up, Europe needs to ramp up its defense capabilities, and fast. Joint procurement and industry consolidation will be key, European Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius tells IPQ.

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Andrius Kubilius
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How to Save Europe from More Nasty Surprises

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The resolve of a strengthened Europe will grow as its capabilities expand. Here’s what needs to happen to take security into European hands—and to actively avert the worst-case scenario.

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Frank Sauer
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Berlin Cable

Germany’s Government Lacks New Ideas, and It Shows

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The Christian Democrats and Social Democrats of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’ coalition government have made an effort to get along better. So far, however, they have failed to come up with the new approaches in security and economic policy that the country needs.

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Henning Hoff
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Pariscope

The Europeanization of Humiliation

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It’s not only EU policies—from trade to defense—that are becoming more Gaullist. European voters’ feelings toward the EU are also becoming more French.

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Joseph de Weck
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Carbon Critical

Climate Change Upends the Logic of Insurance

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Fires and floods caused by extreme weather are becoming ever more common—and making insurance unaffordable. This will have dramatic consequences for economic security as well.

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Emily Hardy
Dan Helmeci
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Warsaw Memo

The Drones Incident May Well Shift Poland’s Foreign Policy

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The idea of a “special” US-Polish relationship has still much currency in Poland and was revived with President Nawrocki’s inaugural Washington visit. But the muted US reaction to Russia’s drones violating Polish airspace is causing Poles to rethink it.

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Piotr Buras
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Brussels Briefing

Von der Leyen Steps Into the Breach

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Brussels’ latest bid to fill the European Union’s leadership void is taking place out of necessity. Paris, Berlin, and other capitals are currently too absorbed to take on the role.

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Rebecca Christie
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Indo-Pacific Watch

Beijing Showcases Its Global Order Pitch

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Chinese President Xi Jinping used the recent gathering of over 25 heads of governments in Beijing to launch a new phase of China’s efforts to change the world order. European states should take note.

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Helena Legarda
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Editors’ Picks

The EU Needs an Economic Security Council

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The European Union is ill-equipped to deal with the dilemmas emerging from the new age of geoeconomics. It requires a new body to decide on strategic questions and trade-offs in an accountable way.

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Hans Kribbe
Luuk van Middelaar
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MAGA and Regime Change in Europe

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The new US foreign and security policy is often described as isolationist. It’s true that, under Trump, US aspirations to shape the global order are decreasing. At the same time, its activities in Europe are increasing: not in military terms, but in political ones.

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Jacob Ross
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The Return of Economic Statecraft

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China and the United States have always used economic statecraft, while Brussels preferred to think about economic security. This needs to change.

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Francesca Ghiretti
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Ukraine’s Artists Respond to War

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Seeking new visual languages and forms of expression, Ukrainian artists are playing their part in the country’s war effort and sending bold messages of defiance.

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Lucy Ash
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Germany Needs to Face the New Economic Reality

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The Merz government has the chance to improve the country’s geoeconomic resilience and strengthen its global economic position with its proposed new Economic Security Strategy.

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Filip Medunić
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China’s Clean Tech Pivot to the Global South

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As EU and Chinese leaders prepare to meet for a summit marking the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, China’s export patterns are shifting.

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Jacob Mardell
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Dubai: Harbinger of a Post-Western World

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The metropolis of Dubai already shows what a post-Western world will look like. However, it only functions because it is based on the remnants of the liberal world order.

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Lukas Paul Schmelter
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Canada’s Delicate Balancing Act

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is faced with the difficult task of trying to both placate the mercurial US President Donald Trump while simultaneously engineering a shift away from Canada’s biggest trading partner.

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Doug Saunders
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The Wider View
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Europe and the Indo-Pacific

Asia as the New Center of Geopolitics

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Asia’s rise is the story of a region becoming the center of geopolitics for the 21st century. Asian security, economic, technological, and ecological dynamics will define global affairs. There is a chance for Europe to engage more deeply with the region.

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Evan Medeiros
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Germany and the Epicenter of the Global Reordering

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In the Indo-Pacific region, the outlines are emerging of a world that poses a profound challenge to Germany and Europe—but also offers opportunities for a course correction.

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Bernhard Bartsch
Mikko Huotari
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The Indo-Pacific and its Emergence as a Global Powerhouse

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Power politics, fear of war, world trade, and booming economies: The Indo-Pacific is increasingly becoming a global powerhouse. The strategic constellation of the greater region is conflict-laden—and a major challenge for Europe.

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Marc Saxer
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