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Europe
Economics, institutions, public policy, security and strategic transformation across Europe.
12 published articles
Overview
Europe is a major economic and institutional space undergoing profound transformation. Regional integration, sovereignty, competitiveness, energy transition, security, demographics and transatlantic relations are shaping its evolution. This section examines European policies, national trajectories, continental institutions and Europe’s position within global power relations.
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France: Europe's New Sovereign Risk
France is undergoing a fundamental shift in Europe's financial hierarchy. Long regarded as one of the pillars of eurozone stability, it is increasingly emerging as one of its principal sources of vulnerability.
AnalysisRecent publications
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EuropeEurope: The Budgetary Price of Power
By proposing a €141 billion reduction in the European Union’s next long-term budget, the Irish presidency has confronted the Twenty-Seven with a fundamental contradiction.
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EuropeThe Netherlands: A Small Country in the Great Flows
In Rotterdam, Europe meets the world before it even knows what it will do with it. Oil arrives by sea, containers continue toward Germany, ores feed the continent’s industries, and chemicals change form before resuming their journey.
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EuropeUK–EU: Coming Back Without Rejoining
Ten years after the referendum that was supposed to restore Britain's control over its laws, borders and economic choices, London is once again negotiating with Brussels to reduce certain barriers, align certain rules and rebuild common mechanisms. It would be tempting to see this as Brexit in reverse.
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EuropePoland: The East Gains Weight
For a long time, Europe looked at itself from the West. Its economic centre lay somewhere between the Rhine Valley, the Benelux countries and northern Italy; its political centre oscillated between Paris, Bonn and later Berlin and Brussels; its security, meanwhile, rested largely on a power located across the Atlantic.
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EuropeSwitzerland: Prospering Apart
At the heart of Europe lies a country that seems to have spent two centuries perfecting a contradiction.
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EuropeThe Foundations of European Integration
Understanding the Common Policies That Shape the Union
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EuropeEngland: Power Beyond Empire
England occupies a singular place in world history. Its territory is relatively limited, its natural resources have never been comparable to those of the great continental empires, and its population remains smaller than that of the world’s leading demographic powers. Yet for sev
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EuropeGermany: Europe’s Industrial Powerhouse
For several decades, Germany embodied one of the most remarkable economic success stories of the modern era. Destroyed in 1945, divided during the Cold War, and reunified in 1990, it became Europe’s largest economy, one of the world’s leading exporters, and the industrial core of
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EuropeSpain, or the Queen’s Game
Spain is often perceived as a familiar power. Its name immediately evokes Madrid, Barcelona, Mediterranean tourism, football, the monarchy, imperial history, and a culture whose influence extends far beyond Europe. Yet this familiarity conceals a more complex reality. Spain is no
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EuropeFrance: A Global Power Confronting Its Own Contradictions
France remains one of the few countries capable of exercising diplomatic, military, economic, cultural, and scientific influence on a global scale. A permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a nuclear power, the holder of one of the world’s largest maritime domain
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EuropeEurope: Power Without Sovereignty
Economic weight, regulatory power and diplomatic influence make Europe a major global actor. Yet political fragmentation limits its capacity for strategic action.