A Coordinated Push for Influence Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow’s information operations in the European Union have evolved from overt propaganda into a sophisticated, multi-layered campaign. The Kremlin has fused traditional state media with new digital ecosystems — proxy websites, cloned news portals, localised Telegram…

Over the summer, a group of 24 European politicians, ministers, commissioners, senior officials, agreed to have their blood tested for toxic PFAS chemicals. The results that now came out showed that every single one of them tested positive. But will these results push Brussels to act or to water down…

The United States and Europe confront a common challenge: staying ahead of China in the global innovation race. But the US has moved far ahead in key digital technologies while Europe lags. The Trump administration recognizes the key role of technology for geopolitical competition. It has made US global leadership…

Europe Should Re-listen to Its Great Ancestors Europe should re-listen to its great ancestors. Thucydides, the Athenian general and historian who wrote almost 2,500 years ago, has a hard-won reputation as the father of political realism. And at a time of rising threats and uncertain alliances, that can be priceless…

Immigration and, above all, hybrid threats: the EU is “locking down” The principle behind these legislative changes is the need to respond to threats to internal security, a cornerstone on which the European People’s Party (EPP) has insisted, at a time when the European Union is living in a renewed…