Section: European Union Institute for Security Studies (France)
Joining forces: can European Defence Projects of Common Interest deliver?
Joining forces: can European Defence Projects of Common Interest deliver? marianna.liana… Mon, 11/09/2026 – 10:00 6 minutes The approval of the first five European Defence Projects of Common Interest (EDPCIs) in September 2026 marks an important step in the EU’s attempts to fill key capability gaps and reduce the fragmentation of...
Enlargement is getting real: Is the EU ready?
Enlargement is getting real: Is the EU ready? marianna.liana… Thu, 11/05/2026 – 10:46 5 minutes It feels like EU enlargement is getting closer. The Commission is no longer just assessing whether enlargement partners are ready to join. It is proposing steps to prepare the EU to welcome them in. With its October Preparing for a Wider Union...
After the midterms: Europe’s three-pronged strategy for dealing with America
After the midterms: Europe’s three-pronged strategy for dealing with America marianna.liana… Wed, 11/04/2026 – 10:31 5 minutes The Democrats’ midterm victory marks the start of Trump’s ‘lame-duck’ term. Three different actors will shape the next two years: a Congress focused on domestic issues, an embattled president...
Europeans don’t need to be afraid of China
Europeans don’t need to be afraid of China marianna.liana… Thu, 10/29/2026 – 16:13 5 minutes Germany has changed course. For years, it was cautious about China; now it wants to take a tougher line. Thousands of industrial jobs disappear every month in Germany, and the picture elsewhere in Europe is much the same. The trade deficit is...
Lula’s comeback: What is the outlook for Brazil-Europe relations?
Lula’s comeback: What is the outlook for Brazil-Europe relations? marianna.liana… Thu, 10/22/2026 – 16:57 5 minutes Since Brazil’s return to democracy in 1989, no presidential candidate has ever won the runoff election after losing in the first round of voting. But on 25 October, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva did just that,...
Serbia after the vote: Back to fundamentals
Serbia after the vote: Back to fundamentals marianna.liana… Thu, 10/22/2026 – 16:54 5 minutes ‘We lost the election.’ With these words, Aleksandar Vučić acknowledged defeat on election night in Serbia. Turnout reached almost 69%, approaching the historic levels of September 2000, when elections brought an end to Slobodan...
Ondrej Ditrych on the Commission’s proposed new EU enlargement model
Ondrej Ditrych on the Commission’s proposed new EU enlargement model marianna.liana… Fri, 10/09/2026 – 15:41 Discussing the European Commission’s new model for EU enlargement, Ondřej Ditrych told Deutsche Welle that while the new rules bring the prospect of membership closer for candidate countries, “this will come at a...
Financing Europe’s defence build-up: National budgets and beyond
Financing Europe’s defence build-up: National budgets and beyond christian.diet… Thu, 10/08/2026 – 10:45 19 minutes … everything from Introduction to the last … Introduction Defence budgets across Europe are rising. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, combined with doubts over the future of US security...
Too little, too late? Georgia’s lessons for Serbia and EU leverage
Too little, too late? Georgia’s lessons for Serbia and EU leverage marianna.liana… Thu, 10/08/2026 – 15:14 10 minutes The EU is seeking to anchor its neighbourhood more firmly within Europe. Yet Georgia and Serbia are drifting in the opposite direction. Democratic decline and growing uncertainty over their European orientation are...
Tim Rühlig quoted in the Associated Press ahead of EU Trade Commissioner’s visit to Beijing
Tim Rühlig quoted in the Associated Press ahead of EU Trade Commissioner’s visit to Beijing marianna.liana… Wed, 10/07/2026 – 16:59 Europe cannot disengage completely with China as it did from Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, but there is robust momentum to rethink its trade relationship with Beijing, explained Tim Rühlig to...
