War on the Rocks delivers a ruthless twist on the usual NATO panic. The problem, it argues, is not that Trump is truly abandoning Europe.

IPQ’s commentary gives Brussels a bleak choice on China. Europe wants to de-risk, fix trade imbalances and avoid a trade war all at once. That comfort zone is collapsing.

Ifri’s briefing warns that the Franco-German reset is already running into hard limits. The arrival of Friedrich Merz in Berlin and the Toulon ministerial council were meant to revive Europe’s core political machine.

OSW’s analysis turns the Ankara NATO summit into a hard lesson in burden shifting. Europe and Canada arrived with more spending, new procurement, bigger industrial plans and a promise to carry more of the continent’s defence.

Carnegie’s paper warns that the nuclear danger is no longer just about who has the bomb. The more awkward problem is the growing zone just below it – states building the ability to go nuclear fast while denying they have crossed the line.

The CSIS Eurofile episode uses David Marsh’s new book to ask a harsher question than whether Europe can keep existing.

Bruegel’s working paper lands in the middle of Europe’s latest competitiveness panic. Big EU banks want relief, US rules are being loosened, and Brussels is under pressure to respond.