🇺🇸🌍 As Washington looks to expand its influence in European politics, the ideas behind MAGA’s view of Europe have never mattered more. In a new BIG essay, Beni Kovacs examines the ideological roots of MAGA's anti-European offensive.
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🛂 The New Pact on Migration+Asylum further externalizes the EU's efforts to control migratory flows. Yet partnerships with third states risk creating dependencies, with Europe's neighbours exploiting their role for geopolitical leverage - and abuses even further out of sight. ➡️🔗 shorturl.at/zvsjl
The EU-Western Balkans Summit takes place this Friday. The wide-ranging agenda reveals the renewed relevance of the region for the EU's geostrategic ambitions - not least when it comes to enlargement. Here's our overview of what to expect in Montenegro ➡️🔗 shorturl.at/3khAU
🛡️ NATO avoided a moment of crisis in Sweden – but the alliance remains deeply uncertain.
In a new BIG op-ed, Claude-France Arnould examines how turbulence within the transatlantic alliance is sharpening debates on European defence industrial capacity and strategic autonomy.
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The Global Gateway has long been framed as the EU’s alternative to Chinese geostrategic influence in the Global South. But does it live up to its own moral ambition? Valeria Santi takes stock of the Initiative - as well as the critiques levelled against it - in our latest essay. ➡️🔗 shorturl.at/sbUjD
Europe isn’t short of ideas to strengthen the global role of the euro. What it lacks is strategy. In a new BIG Briefing, Martijn Jeroen van der Linden sets out how the EU can move from ad-hoc monetary policy towards a strategy which ensures geoeconomic relevance for the euro. ➡️🔗 shorturl.at/cGQGR
Faced with the return of history, Europe must come together or risk falling apart. Our Founding Director Luuk van Middelaar is leading the intellectual charge for unity.
Meet the thinker behind the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics in today's NYT: shorturl.at/LqkMJ
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❗️As debate grows over its future, EEAS faces a familiar charge: Europe has diplomatic potential, but still struggles to turn it into coordinated action
Revisit two BIG essays on Europe’s search for coherence in a fragmented strategic environment:
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🇪🇺🇮🇪 On 26 May, BIG welcomed Thomas Byrne, Irish Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence, for a discussion on Ireland’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the EU.
🔗 Read the full post-event report and listen again here: shorturl.at/fd1rn