In the last decade, the Romanian government has centered its Black Sea security policy on the country’s strategic partnership with the United States. However, since President Trump was elected for a second term, US interest in Europe has drastically diminished. Romania’s new president, Nicușor Dan, needs to update his playbook…

At the start of July, Poland announced that it would be implementing temporary controls along its borders with Germany and Lithuania, threatening the viability of the increasingly fragile Schengen zone. The move follows recent efforts by the government of Donald Tusk to tighten migration laws, including affording authorities the power…

China’s Long Reach: How a German Activist Turned Aide Was Accused of Spying on Dissidents. In 2017, Jian Guo sat quietly in Dharamshala, India, as Tibetan parliamentarians and pro-democracy activists met to discuss Beijing’s repressive policies. A naturalised German, Guo was then a rising figure among Chinese dissidents in Europe….

Since the start of 2024, France and Turkey, two NATO allies with a long history of both partnership and rivalry have found themselves navigating a complex web of tensions and pragmatic cooperation. Their relationship, shaped by divergent interests in Libya, disputes over visas, evolving trade dynamics, and recurring religious controversies,…

In June 2025, Canada and the European Union formalized the Security and Defence Partnership (SDF), a pact that binds Canada more closely to Europe’s rapidly evolving defense architecture. The agreement represents a concrete response to changing security dynamics, namely the belief that the United States can no longer be counted…