Section: European Union Institute for Security Studies (France)
‘Empowering Ukraine’ Analysis featured in various media
‘Empowering Ukraine’ Analysis featured in various media marianna.liana… Thu, 07/23/2026 – 16:32 Our latest Analysis, ‘Empowering Ukraine: Spend smarter, support harder’, was featured in La Matinale Européenne and Agence Europe (in French). Both pieces delved into the practical policy proposals on how the EU can...
Empowering Ukraine: Spend smarter, support harder
Empowering Ukraine: Spend smarter, support harder christian.diet… Mon, 07/20/2026 – 17:12 5 minutes Europe should step up its support for Ukraine. Its resources are limited. Fortunately, it can still seize unexplored opportunities, fix systemic flaws, and find ways around seemingly intractable obstacles.This is the time to increase the...
Mining for Europe’s future: Critical raw materials, public attitudes and risks in enlargement partners
Mining for Europe’s future: Critical raw materials, public attitudes and risks in enlargement partners fanny.pollet@i… Thu, 07/23/2026 – 10:16 10 minutes The technologies underpinning the EU’s green transition (batteries and wind turbines), digital transition (semiconductors) and rearmament (advanced weapons systems) rely on a...
Empowering Ukraine
Empowering Ukraine christian.diet… Mon, 07/20/2026 – 17:12 5 minutes Europe should step up its support for Ukraine. Its resources are limited. Fortunately, it can still seize unexplored opportunities, fix systemic flaws, and find ways around seemingly intractable obstacles.This is the time to increase the pressure on Russia, and to...
After the NATO summit: The road to European leadership in defence
After the NATO summit: The road to European leadership in defence marianna.liana… Thu, 07/09/2026 – 16:15 5 minutes The Ankara NATO summit is in the rearview mirror. Beyond the rhetoric on unity, new commitments to Ukraine and defence contract announcements, the summit has not altered the fundamental trajectory of European security: the US...
Ondřej Ditrych interviewed by Der Standard
Ondřej Ditrych interviewed by Der Standard marianna.liana… Tue, 07/07/2026 – 16:18 “Lukashenko’s goal is to remain in power. As long as he sees Russia as the guarantor of that power, he will ultimately submit to its will,” remarked Ondřej Ditrych in Der Standard (in German). The Belarusian leader would have nothing to gain...
Giuseppe Spatafora interviewed on Marketplace radio
Giuseppe Spatafora interviewed on Marketplace radio marianna.liana… Tue, 07/07/2026 – 16:01 Ahead of this week’s NATO Summit in Ankara, Giuseppe Spatafora joined Marketplace public radio to discuss European defence spending. How much has Europe actually changed the amount or proportion it spends on defence? To what extent has the...
Not just an addendum: Making resilience a key pillar of Europe’s defence
Not just an addendum: Making resilience a key pillar of Europe’s defence marianna.liana… Mon, 07/06/2026 – 09:15 10 minutes Emphasis on resilience has been growing in Europe since the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the Covid-19 pandemic. Ukraine’s response to Russian aggression has highlighted the importance of...
Blunting the Belarusian blade: The growing threat Belarus poses to European security
Blunting the Belarusian blade: The growing threat Belarus poses to European security fanny.pollet@i… Tue, 06/23/2026 – 10:41 10 minutes A pawn in Russia’s war games Although it deploys no ground troops in Ukraine, Belarus continues to undermine European security by enabling Russsia’s war of aggression. Ukraine is obliged to...
Ondrej Ditrych quoted in El Universal
Ondrej Ditrych quoted in El Universal marianna.liana… Fri, 06/12/2026 – 14:32 Discussing Putin’s options in Ukraine with Mexican newspaper El Universal, Ondřej Ditrych argues that the situation may be reaching a point where Putin will have to choose between holding on as best he can or escalating the conflict, a scenario for which...
