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The Gulf of Guinea (GoG) spans over 6 000 km of coastline and 19 states. The region is rich in natural resources: it holds significant reserves of gas (2.7% of total world reserves) and oil (4.5%), as well as other valuable minerals including diamonds, tin, bauxite, manganese and cobalt. While t...

The US’s three main strategic adversaries – Russia, China and Iran – actively sought to influence the outcome of the 2024 election. They deployed a variety of interference tactics, including the misuse of AI, disinformation campaigns, recruitment of local influencers and cyberattacks. Other elec...

The EU is concerned that it could soon become overly reliant on legacy chips from China. Legacy chips are of strategic importance as they are irreplaceable in a wide range of critical industrial sectors. The challenge poses a threat to the EU’s economic security, as China could exploit this depe...

The parliamentary election in Georgia on 26 October marked another milestone in the process of democratic backsliding in the country. Vote tampering likely played a key role in securing a majority of seats for the ruling Georgian Dream party in the new parliament. A crackdown on the opposition a...

Advances in digital technologies are driving a dramatic increase in the demand for global submarine cables. However, protection efforts in the Indo-Pacific remain inadequate amid growing risks from China. These risks affect the EU’s strategic and economic interests, as outlined in its 2021 Indo-...

Russia employs ‘bricolage’ tactics to offset its structural weaknesses and adjust to the evolving nature of great power competition. Examples include its culture of military innovation or the operations of the Wagner Group and its successors. The metaphor of the bricoleur, or tinkerer, aptly con...

As the EU Member States ramp up arms production in support of Ukraine and for their own defence, the proliferation of armed drones and countermeasures is a growing concern. This poses important questions for the future of warfare and the European defence industry. The impact of drones varies sig...

The AU-EU relationship is experiencing ongoing tensions due to differing political priorities. Cognitive biases are a major factor contributing to persistent misunderstandings. - Stereotyping, egocentrism, and an overemphasis on single-issue concerns are deeply ingrained biases that continue to ...

Foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) challenges EU strategic interests in the Eastern Neighbourhood, impacting not just communication and democratic processes but also partner countries’ security. In the ‘Eastern trio’ of Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, FIMI risks have escalat...

Despite accelerating energy transition efforts, the world is well on track to overshoot the warming targets of the Paris Agreement. This could potentially lead to cascading and irreversible climate impacts. Geoengineering is increasingly floated as one of the solutions that could forestall the w...