As the Middle East lurches into another high-intensity confrontation, the British government is trying to hold two ideas in the public mind at the same time: that this is not Britain’s war — and that Britain must nevertheless take steps that materially enable it.
In the past 48 hours,…
After a weekend of destabilisation and tension across the Middle East, the UK allows the US to use its military bases for attacks in Iran – but what challenges do the government face?
US President Donald Trump says he will continue bombings on Iran until “all objectives are…
On March 2, 2026, Mikhail Gorbachev would have turned 95. Today, when Europe and Russia seem divided by an unbridgeable chasm and threats are voiced more often than ever, it is worth remembering a simple truth: geography does not change. Russia remains part of the European space, and there is no…
Illicit firearms pose a grave risk to public safety, fuelling terrorism, organized crime, gang violence and other serious offences. In the EU, it is currently difficult to combat firearms trafficking, given that current EU rules only cover the legal ownership and transfer of firearms. There are…
The European Commission has proposed a new set of measures to prevent and counter terrorism. It has outlined how to reinforce Europe’s collective response to evolving terrorist and violent extremist threats.
Over the past decade, the EU has strengthened its response to terrorism and…
The proposed EU budget for 2028-2034 risks “weakening” Europe’s territories and undermining the Union’s cohesion, resilience and competitiveness, it has been claimed.
The next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Negotiations took centrestage at a meeting of the Conference of…
Just over four months into the rollout of the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES), early lessons are beginning to emerge, writes Krum Garkov.
The EES is part of an ambitious reform. Designed to modernize the management of the EU’s external borders, it replaces manual passport stamping with…
The EU runs the world’s largest carbon market. The Emissions Trading System (ETS) has reduced pollution from power plants, steel and heavy industry. Yet one major fossil fuel source remains largely outside its scope: waste incineration, write Anna Larsson and Janek Vahk.
That loophole is no…
China’s ambassador to Belgium has conceded that his country’s economy has faced “challenges”.
But Fei Shengchao also stressed it was “still doing great”, was currently the second largest economy in the world and was one of the “major engines” of the global economy.
Speaking…
After a weekend of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran — and the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei — Brussels is moving to coordinate its diplomatic response. EU ambassadors convened, foreign ministers met online and Ursula von der Leyen called the Defense College. But as…