European Union

Trump and European flags in two directions on road sign.

Europe and America: Time for Serious Decoupling

Europe has a lot of power. But it needs the willingness to wield it. The time is now.

Oil tanker underway towards open sea. Crude oil tanker ship, a merchant ship specially designed for chemical products transportation. Aerial view. Black Sea.

The Three Seas And Europe’s Future

There are two key avenues for cementing the Three Seas Initiative as a European priority and advancing American interests. European states buttressed by the Adriatic, Baltic, and Black Seas hold...

Press point by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen with the former President of Finland, Sauli Niinisto at EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on March 20, 2024.

Europe Could Reset Global Politics, Do They Have the Chutzpah?

America under a second Trump term and China under increasing foreign and domestic pressures may allow Europe to capture a moment in the spotlight. Will they take it, or let...

Milwaukee, United States of America, 15 July, 2024, Vice Presidential Nominee JD Vance at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

JD Vance Unveils America’s AI Doctrine

The vice president’s speech at the Paris AI Summit emphasized speed, deregulation, and America’s bid for global technological supremacy. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a theoretical or futuristic concept—it...

Europe Needs To Build Its Own Missiles

If Russia were truly preparing to invade Europe, one would expect the Europeans in NATO to move with much greater alacrity in developing the weapons and capabilities they need to...

President Donald Trump talks to journalists while hosting Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office at the White House March 12, 2020 in Washington, DC.

VIDEO: What To Expect From Trump’s Trade Policy 

Trade and tariffs have dominated the headlines since President Trump was sworn in. But what does he actually want? President Donald Trump has followed through on his promises to impose...

Toward A New European Post-War Security Architecture

Over a month has passed since Donald Trump’s election, and the war in Ukraine is escalating instead of ending. Various unverified proposals for negotiations have been floated to the press...

The EU-Mercosur Agreement Shows America Has Fallen Behind

The announcement at the December 5-6 summit of the Southern Common Market—Mercosur—that a trade agreement with the European Union (EU) had been reached came as a surprise to many, as...

How Italy and Germany Are Building a European Defense Industrial Base

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine served as a wake-up call about the necessity of reevaluating the existing European approach to collective security and highlighting vulnerabilities in its defense mechanisms. As...

Winning the Battle for Georgia’s Democracy: A Call for U.S. Leadership

On October 26, many Georgians went to the polling stations in the hope that they could end twelve years of state capture by Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, who has subdued...

The U.S. and EU are Natural Partners in Competing with China

The United States and the European Union—as the only two free and open economies with the heft to stand up to Chinese mercantilism—are each other’s indispensable partners in prevailing over...

The Russian Military Isn’t Bluffing

Europe faces a double existential threat. The first part is of its own making. The second is a Russian military attack on NATO. The Norwegian chief of staff, Eirik Kristoffersen,...