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For Europe, three areas carry implications: any discussion of Ukraine, although a priority for neither side; economic talks and their impact on EU-China trade tensions; and the discussions around Iran and Taiwan, alongside their implications for the US global security posture.

The summit will mark the first Chinese state visit to the US since 2015, ...


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In response, the government shut down a Russian consulate in Bonn and the Russian House cultural centre in Berlin and summoned the Russian ambassador to the foreign ministry. Berlin will also propose adding more Russians to EU sanctions lists, set up entry controls for Russians, and increase pressure on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’, which consists of tankers suspected of shipping ...


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The challenge begins when the current rearmament agenda transforms into a quest for greater European strategic agency: the ability of a more capable Europe to act when the US is absent, unwilling, distracted, or opposed. The US cannot be persuaded to give up the leverage it holds by argument alone. But Europe can convince America of the merits of its more independent ...


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That old institutional knife-fight is back. This time the protagonists are the European Commission, led by Ursula von der Leyen, and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR), Kaja Kallas, who also serves as a Commission Vice-President (VP) and heads the European External Action Service (EEAS). The quarrel is not merely personal. It goes to the hear...


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The 20th Annual Baltic Conference on Defence (ABCD), organised by the International Centre for Defence and Security and the Estonian Ministry of Defence, will take place on 22-23 September 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia.

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