Episode 113: A Geoeconomic Europe?
The German economic model is facing headwinds: a loss of secure energy from Russia, renewed urgency to rebuild its defense capabilities, and a fragmenting global economy where not everyone plays …
The 2024 Surprising French Parliamentary Elections
Prologue On the night of June 9, 2024, after exit polls for the European Parliament elections predicted a substantial victory for the National Rally (Rassemblement National) party (31.37 percent of …
Germany’s Strategic Challenges after a Turbulent Month
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his national security team visited the United States July 9-11, and their engagement highlights the strategic challenges that Berlin must confront as the United States …
What the Elections in France and the UK Don’t Tell Us about Europe
Political pendulums in an unstable Europe are swinging faster, more wildly, and in unpredictable ways. Except when they’re not. There is certainly evidence for the first narrative given the results …
Episode 103: Elections and the European Economy
Elections in Europe and the United States this year could have significant impacts on the European economy. The outcomes will influence how the transatlantic partners address the challenge from China …
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Revising Germany’s Playbook
For More European Unity When faced with criticism about his commitment to Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz usually reminds audiences of numbers—German military support to Kyiv is the highest in Europe—and …
Episode 102: The Trends Driving Europe’s Future
Every four years, the U.S. National Intelligence Council publishes its Global Trends report, an unclassified document that seeks to assess the key factors that shape the strategic environment for the …
Transatlantic Cooperation vs. Tech Nationalism
Values and Standards in the New Systemic Competition It is widely accepted that the ability to set technological standards is a prerequisite for an economy’s success on the world markets; …
Geoeconomics and A Sustainable Global Order
Transatlantic Policy Perspectives The United States, Germany, and the rest of the European Union face a global economic order that has been profoundly—and likely irreversibly—affected by a confluence of existential …
The SOTEU and Transatlantic Economic Relations
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave her annual State of the European Union speech this week in Strasbourg, the official seat of the European Parliament. With the title …
A Limping Coalition of the Willing
Why is Transatlantic Cooperation on Clean Steel Lagging Behind? The 2020s have arrived as a decade of multiple crises. Beyond their devastating impact, however, these crises have also changed our …
Europe Must Stand Firm Supporting Ukraine’s Independence
As the Ukraine conflict continues with no end in sight after over one and a half years of fighting, the European determination to stand up against Putin’s war of aggression …
New Strategies of Transnational European-U.S. Right-Wing Extremist Combat Sports Networks
This article assesses the main strategies, networks, and threat potentials affiliated with the activities of two current key right-wing extremist (RWE)[1] leaders who first met in 2018 at a combat …
The EU and Economic Security: What’s in a Name?
The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, released a proposal this week for a “European Economic Security Strategy.” Its premise is that with “geopolitical tensions rising and global economic integration …
