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The Lesson of This Summer

The summer of 2026 was (is) one of sweltering heat, too-warm seas, raging wildfires and extensive draught. While autumn is slowly approaching, summer’s weather...
Ana Richter
1 min read

The Arctic Shortcut: China’s New Northern Adventure … or?

Europe’s scorching summer and dry riverbeds are one side of the coin. Farther north, a cargo ship is using water that, not long ago,...
Ana Richter
2 min read

The Sticker Arrives on Time

Europe’s anti-greenwashing rules start applying in five weeks. The label has been designed down to the millimetre and the Pantone reference. Twenty of the...
Kees Bouwers
7 min read

Can full EU membership alone become a security guarantee…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy identified three priorities for Kyiv’s cooperation with the European Union. One of them is progress towards full EU membership, partly...
Christopher Tapp
2 min read

China Found an AI Weapon. Washington Didn’t Expect It.

It was easy to dismiss President Xi’s speech at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference on 17 July as another carefully crafted statement about international...
Arrigo Mazzi
4 min read

Key takeaways from the NATO summit

Ahead of NATO’s Ankara summit, probably nobody knew what to expect – Washington’s recent, somewhat unpredictable steps didn’t exactly point at a possible success....
Christopher Tapp
2 min read

The Energy Order Reckoning: Petrostate vs Electrostate in the…

Eighteen months after President Donald Trump declared a national energy emergency on his return to office, his doctrine of “energy dominance” is showing its...
Christopher Tapp
1 min read

German Woes

It’s probably a euphemism that Germany is navigating a complex and difficult period. And mainly not because it’s been the third World Cup in...
Arrigo Mazzi
1 min read

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