As Europe and the United States head into key elections, the strained security situation in northern Kosovo and heightened tensions between Kosovo and Serbia are raising concerns about stability in the region. To restore its credibility, particularly in its pursuit of EU and NATO membership, Kos...
The European Union has always sought partners to uphold the rules-based multilateral order. But current challenges to our common security require increased efforts, new forms of cooperation and targeted partnerships that deliver concrete results. The engagement of the EU’s closest security and d...
The EU has ambitious goals for accelerating the energy transition through locally manufactured technologies. However, Beijing’s grip on the clean tech industry makes it difficult for the EU to go green without Chinese equipment or its extensive supply chains. China’s advantage lies in government...
The EU should expand its support to the development of Ukraine’s defence industry to sustain the country’s fighting power, reduce its dependencies on Western aid and boost its domestic economy. Two broad areas demand particular attention. As a matter of urgency Ukraine needs investment in local ...
In recent years, green hydrogen has emerged as one of the most promising clean technologies, often portrayed as the ‘Swiss knife’ of the energy transition. › In the future green hydrogen will play an important albeit limited role in the energy transition. Because of high production costs and com...
This Brief analyses the EU warning system’s contribution to conflict prevention and discusses ways to strengthen it. The first section examines the factors that contribute to the success of the system. The second section suggests how the system and the EU’s overall prevention approach can be fur...
This Brief analyses the EU’s engagement in the Sahel region in light of the recent coups and the challenges the Union faces in balancing norms and interests. It offers insights into the shortcomings and complexities of the EU’s initiatives in the Sahel and puts forward recommendations for future...
The EU and the GCC have a long-standing partnership. However their relations have been hampered by institutional differences, contrasting values and priorities, and conflicting interests. Both the EU and GCC need to invest more effort in understanding each other’s institutional structures, inter...
Since 2013, violence against civilians in the G5 Sahel countries – comprising Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger – has increased tenfold. With the departure of the French army and the ongoing withdrawal of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), jihadist armed groups have onc...
In recent years, countries across the globe have witnessed a rise in false and misleading information about political events and actors (1). It has remained largely unclear, however, why certain disinformation campaigns have spread more widely – and been more effective – in some countries than i...