Europe & Eurasia

Is the EU missing another tech wave with AI?

By Ryan Murphy

Policymakers in the United States and European Union view generative AI as one of the technological “commanding heights” of the coming decade. Are EU startups falling behind on funding?

Global LNG markets are transforming. It’s an opportunity to enhance energy security.

By David L. Goldwyn, Joseph Webster

Climate change and technology are decreasing European natural gas demand in the winter, at the same time as the “equatorialization” of LNG demand is changing world markets.

State of the Order: How the final month of 2023 shaped the democratic world order

The State of the Order breaks down the month's most important events impacting the democratic world order.

Charles Michel’s U-turn has not solved the thorny question of who the next European Council president will be

By Francis Shin

In early January, the current European Council president announced that he would run in the 2024 European Parliament elections, only to reverse his decision later the same month.

Energy security is global security

By Geoffrey R. Pyatt

The energy transition has been and will continue to be an important element in ensuring our long-term energy security. But for the energy transition to succeed, it must be just.

Ukraine opens new front with drone strikes on Russia’s energy sector

By Mykola Bielieskov

Ukraine is seeking to bring the war home to Russia in 2024 with a new long-range drone strike campaign against Putin's oil and gas industry, writes Mykola Bielieskov.

Russia’s Bashkortostan protests: Separatism isn’t the real threat facing Putin

By Dylan Myles-Primakoff, Lillian Posner

The main risk to the Putin regime is unity and solidarity across regions between Russians protesting shared forms of mistreatment at the hands of the state, write Dylan Myles-Primakoff and Lillian Posner.