In the sixth of European Geostrategy’s ‘Long Posts’, Xymena Kurowska and Bence Németh enquire as to whether Central Europe has become a geopolitical playground for a plethora of internal, external and ‘caretaking’ powers. How might the region’s countries better prepare themselves for the future?
The European Union Institute for Security Studies publishes a new report on the future of European armed forces. Can Europeans remain militarily powerful in the third decade of the twenty-first century?
In the ninth of European Geostrategy’s interview series, Luis Simón speaks to Kenneth Waltz about American power, the rise of China, nuclear weapons in the Middle East, and European decline.
In the eighth of European Geostrategy’s interview series, James Rogers speaks to Benoit Gomis about the British-French Alliance, the French-led operation in Mali and the future of London-Paris relations.
In this seventh interview in European Geostrategy’s series, Daniel Fiott speaks to Jamie Shea, the Deputy Assistant Secretary General of the Emerging Challenges Division, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
In this seventh interview in European Geostrategy’s series, Daniel Fiott speaks to Jamie Shea, the Deputy Assistant Secretary General of the Emerging Challenges Division, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
How is French grand strategy evolving in the early twenty-first century? Where are French multilateral interests starting to settle? Is France exclusively a European power, or is it trying to cement new relations with a plethora of new countries – particularly the United Kingdom, Russia and Poland?
Does the financial crisis in Europe represent a deeper geopolitical crisis? If so, what is the nature of this crisis? Is Germany slowly detaching itself from the West? What will the implications be?
Is Declan Ganley an anti-European, or a pro-European in disguise? Why is European integration failing to deliver growth and security? How might a new Europe be re-constituted democratically in light of falling public support?
At the University of Zurich, Herman Van Rompuy argued that Europeans need to pay greater attention to the Indo-Pacific zone. He is right. However, he is wrong to assume that trade will alone maintain peace, devoid of military power. Churchill realised the fallacy of this argument, and tried hard in Britain throughout the 1930s to put an end to it.