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Trump’s actions in Venezuela and threats over Greenland are redefining Europe’s strategic environment, leaving the EU to choose how much agency it is willing to defend. Analysis ⤵️ buff.ly/EChE8WZ

Donald Trump’s latest geopolitical moves have forced Europe into a hard rethink. For years, EU leaders assumed alliances would restrain the US president and the so-called rules-based order would hold. If Venezuela cracked that illusion, Trump’s bid for Greenland has shattered…

As the US strike in Venezuela shocked much of the West, many Eastern Europeans reacted with a different kind of indignation — not simply condemnation, but frustration at what they saw as historical amnesia about Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, writes @IAIonline senior fellow…

Colonial wounds, independence hopes and weak digital links could make Greenland vulnerable to US meddling, and Europe may be powerless to respond. Read the full story by @pedersschaefer: buff.ly/sbPkTRF

Brussels wants a “single defence market” by 2030. But national politics, sovereignty fears and entrenched fragmentation are blocking the path. Read the full story by @pausoler98: buff.ly/2p6b8t0

Eastern Europeans aren't defending Trump or rejecting international law; rather, they are expressing exhaustion with what they see as Western Europe's selective memory, performative shock and periodic alarm. Check out my new op-ed for The Parliament Magazine @Parlimag @IAIonline

While a US military intervention in Greenland is still unlikely, there are key places of leverage where America could still apply pressure on Denmark and Europe in a political influence campaign to seize the island. Danish colonialism, the EU's rocky relationship with Greenland,…

While a US military grab for Greenland remains unlikely, Washington has leverage where it counts. Denmark’s colonial legacy, Greenland’s uneasy relationship with the EU and the island’s reliance on US-owned digital platforms give America multiple pressure points — and could leave…

Western outrage over the US strike that toppled Nicolás Maduro has focused on Trump breaking the international order. But @IAIonline senior fellow @NonaMikhelidze writes in The Parliament that “for societies enduring three decades of Russian violations of international law,…

Money alone will not make Europe “defence ready” within the five-year window some planners now cite for a potential Russian attack. “What we have to do is roughly the same whether we are in a complicated or good relationship with Washington,” @Camille_Grand, secretary general…

Long overlooked in debates about Europe’s eastern flank, Belarus is suddenly back in focus. An unlikely détente between Trump and Lukashenko has led to the release of political prisoners and the first diplomatic opening in years, forcing Brussels to question whether isolation…

Europe wants a single defence market to turn spending into real military power. But national interests, divergent threats, and politics keep getting in the way. Here’s what Brussels is trying to build, and why it’s so hard: buff.ly/2p6b8t0

Europe’s diplomatic service was meant to give the EU a single global voice. Fifteen years on, that voice is still faint — weakened by member state divisions, sidelined in Ukraine and Gaza talks, and now rocked by a corruption scandal, @fed_disario reports. buff.ly/xD6Xyfv

Once a champion of free trade, the EU is drifting towards protectionism. US tariffs, cheap Chinese imports and swelling trade imbalances are pushing Brussels to harden its defences — exposing deep divisions over how far Europe should go to defend its industry. Read the full…

Conscription is returning to the EU’s political debate as governments rebuild its armies in response to Russian military aggression in Ukraine and waning US security guarantees. But analysts warn most EU countries lack the infrastructure, training capacity and public support to…

Which threats, and opportunities, will shape Europe in 2026? @parlimag asked leading Europe watchers what lies ahead. Expect a year of external shocks that could fracture the EU — or force it closer together. Read the full article: buff.ly/1viHXKG

Over at @Parlimag we spoke with over a dozen of our favorite experts on Europe to get their take on what the EU will face in 2026... Some choice takes: - US Congress will be Europe's unexpected ally - EU could join a global coalition to ban social media for teens - Hungary's 2026…

In 2025, Europe spent much of the year reacting to events rather than shaping them. What comes next in 2026? The @parlimag team spoke with more than a dozen leading Europe watchers about the risks, surprises and power shifts that could define the year ahead. Some of their…

Europe’s diplomatic service was already struggling to assert its relevance when it was rocked by an alleged corruption scandal. Deep fragmentation among member states, an increasingly centralised European Commission, and a diplomatic corps often seen as answering to national…

Europe is preparing to shoulder more of its own security as US support becomes less certain — but spending more won’t be enough. Can Europe’s defence industry scale at wartime speed? @Parlimag asked @camille_grand, secretary general of @ASDEurope: buff.ly/8bQ1yTe