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From Economic Giant to Geopolitical Powerhouse. A roadmap towards enhancing the EU’s global clout
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On 26 February 2026, an article entitled Gone with the West. How the transatlantic split helps China and forces Europe to rethink its Indo-Pacific strategy by Andreas B. Forsby, senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, was posted on the Institute’s website.
Gone with the West. How the transatlantic split helps China and forces Europe to rethink its Indo-Pacific strategy
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On 26 February 2026, an article entitled The Emerging US Influence Threat to British Democracy was published on the website of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
The Emerging US Influence Threat to British Democracy
On 18 February 2026, the website of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) posted an article entitled Barometer Check: Transatlantic Security and the Munich Security Conference by Rachel Ellehuus, RUSI Director-General.
Barometer Check: Transatlantic Security and the Munich Security Conference
On 18 February, an article entitled Conférence sur la Sécurité : l’UE en quête de sa souveraineté by Bernard Chappedelaine, ex adviser to the French Foreign Ministry, was published on the website of the Institut Montaigne (France).
Security Conference: The EU in Search of its Sovereignty
On 8 February 2026, the Middle East Eye website posted an article by Marco Carnelos, a former Italian diplomat who had mainly served in the Middle East. The publication analyzes the causes and consequences of a speech made by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the 2026 forum in Davos and shows the context of the global processes and the possible consequences of the changes.
Could Carney’s Speech in Davos Mark a Turning Point Towards a Post-American World Order?
On 4 February 2026, an article by Frederick Kempe, President and CEO of the Atlantic Council, was published on the Council’s website.
Mario Draghi Calls Europe to Action Again
The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (London) has published on their web site an article entitled “New START Expiry: Implications for Europe” by Senior Research Fellows Darya Dolzikova and Dr Sidharth Kaushal. It was published on the day when the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expired.
New START Expiry: Implications for Europe
A report entitled From Rupture to Relevance: Investing in Europe’s Southern Partnerships was published on the website of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Clingendael) on 3 February 2026. Its authors are Megan Price, head of the Conflict Research Unit, and Máté Szalai, a research fellow at the same unit.
From Rupture to Relevance: Investing in Europe’s Southern Partnerships
On 20 January 2026, the U.S. Brookings Institute publishes an article entitled “Can an alliance divided against itself compete with China?” by Jonathan A. Czin, Fellow at the Institute’s Chair in Foreign Policy Studies. The article is published under the Institute’s Reimagining Europe’s Security project.
Can an alliance divided against itself compete with China?
The website of the Barcelona Center for International Affairs (CIDOB) has posted the January issue of its CIDOB Opinion newsletter containing an article “How Europe can reduce dependence on the United States” by Francis Ghilès, the Center’s non-resident Senior Fellow.
How Europe Can Reduce Dependence on the United States
Since the 1970s, the European Commission has been striving to strengthen economic ties between the European Union and China. In the beginning, the EU supported the global integration of China, but by the early 2010s it became clear that these hopes did not come true. Instead, China grew to become a Great Power and its protectionism in the economic policy led to a number of structural problems for the EU.
EU - China Relations: Role of the European Commission in Forming Strategic Prospects