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.

InfoSecurity24’s report turns Spain’s migrant regularisation drive into a sharp warning for Europe. Madrid expected roughly half a million people to use the scheme.

Geopolitical Futures’ graphic shows the energy transition turning into a hard geopolitical race. Clean energy is now pulling in almost twice as much global investment as fossil fuels, but this is not a neat green victory lap.

The Carnegie Europe debate carried by CER cuts through the theatre of the Meloni-Trump spat. Italy’s prime minister may have pushed back against Donald Trump, but this is not a clean break with the transatlantic hard right.