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Dec 15, 2025
How Europe can strengthen its own defenses and rebalance transatlantic relations
Europe should advance a new security architecture aimed at strengthening its own defense while continuing to cooperate with the United States in areas of mutual interest.
UkraineAlert
Dec 9, 2025
Europe’s choice: Fund Ukraine now or pay a far higher price if Russia wins
By
Elena Davlikanova, Lesia Orobets
Europe’s reluctance to pay for Ukraine’s defense is shortsighted, write Elena Davlikanova and Lesia Orobets. If Russia’s invasion succeeds, Europe will soon have to boost defense spending to levels that would completely dwarf the current cost of backing Ukraine.
The Big Story
Dec 11, 2025
Bosnia’s forgotten war is still with us
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Thom Shanker
Fewer than fifty years after the end of World War II, genocide returned to Europe in Bosnia. The carnage ended on December 14, 1995, with the signing of the US-brokered Dayton Accords. Thirty years on, have the war’s lessons—for Europe; for diplomacy, humanitarian intervention, and more—been heeded?
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Russia Tomorrow
Dec 12, 2025
The Russian economy in 2025: Between stagnation and militarization
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Elina Ribakova, Lucas Risinger
The latest report in the Atlantic Council’s Russia Tomorrow series examines the Russian wartime economy.
Report
Nov 10, 2025
Is Europe waking up to the China challenge? How geopolitics are reshaping EU and transatlantic strategy
By
Zoltán Fehér, Valbona Zeneli
China’s rising global ambitions challenge both US and European interests. By examining the EU’s gradual shift toward “de-risking” and gaps in transatlantic policy, this report offers insights for developing a more coherent and coordinated strategy to address Beijing’s economic and security challenges.
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