Shaping the Future of European Competitiveness
Børge Brende is President and CEO of the World Economic Forum, having formerly served as Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Environment, and Trade and Industry. You may follow him on X @borgebrende.
Crossroads Ahead
Jürgen Hardt is Foreign Policy Spokesperson of the CDU-CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, having formerly served as the German Government’s Co-Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation.
The War in Ukraine Dictates the EU’s Way Forward
Konstantinos A. Karamanlis is a former Prime Minister of Greece.
The Future of Europe
Lord Kim Darroch is a former British diplomat, having served as the UK’s National Security Advisor, Ambassador to the United States, and Permanent Representative to the European Union.
The Continent at a Crossroads: Why Türkiye’s Role is Pivotal
Egemen Bağış, PhD, is a Turkish diplomat, having formerly served as Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Türkiye in accession talks with the EU. You may follow him on X @EgemenBagis.
Fate No Longer Smiles on Europeans
Slavoj Žižek is a philosopher, social theorist, university professor, and public intellectual. He holds a number of academic positions, including that of the International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, a philosophy professor at the European Graduate School, Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York University, and a senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana. This essay draws heavily on earlier versions of two articles the author published for The Kyiv Independent and his Substack page, respectively. These were combined, edited, and republished with the author’s permission.
Europe After Ukraine
Eric Alter, a former United Nations civil servant and adjunct Professor at the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po, is Dean and Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy in Abu Dhabi.
Bottom-up Resilience: What Germany Can Learn from the Baltic States
Nora Müller heads the International Affairs Department of the Körber-Stiftung.
Almut Möller is Director for European and Global Affairs at the European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels. The original version of this essay was written in German and is scheduled to be published in Internationale Politik.
The Future of European Integration: A Threshold Moment of Hope
Jan Techau is Europe Director at Eurasia Group, covering Germany and European security issues. He is also a Senior Fellow with the Transatlantic Defense and Security program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), having formerly served in the German defense ministry and as Director of Carnegie Europe from 2011 to 2016. You may follow him on X @jan_techau.
Is Russia Really a Threat to Europe? Debunking Rutte’s claims
Mihail Evans is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, New Europe College in Bucharest.