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  • 12 May 2026
    • European Union
    • United Kingdom

    Sir Keir Starmer and the ghosts of Europe

    Marcus Colla
    Labour’s coming leadership contest will force Britain’s unresolved relationship with Europe back to the centre of its politics.
  • 29 Apr 2026
    • Europe
    • European Union

    Fickle Iceland in a geopolitical pickle

    Lisa Martin
    Just like the country’s volcanoes, Icelandic politics is about to explode with a divisive referendum on EU membership.
  • 21 Apr 2026
    • European Union
    • Trade
    • United States

    Allies are done waiting for America to grow up

    Craig Keating
    From gold reserves to arms contracts, Europe is systematically reducing its exposure to US capriciousness.
  • 8 Apr 2026
    • Europe
    • European Union

    Europe holds its breath ahead of Hungary’s election

    Lisa Martin
    The European Union will have to play hardball if Viktor Orbán is re-elected.
  • 26 Mar 2026
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Energy
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    The EU–Australia FTA plays the long game on critical minerals with no short cuts

    Brent Jackson
    Australia's minerals sector is world-class at extraction, but refining lags decades behind China – and no trade deal changes that overnight.
  • 13 Feb 2026
    • India
    • European Union
    • Climate change

    Climate diplomacy has moved beyond the days of a single grand bargain

    Sharon Sarah Thawaney
    Environmental governance is fragmenting into trade deals and beyond, and the Global South is adapting.
  • 9 Feb 2026
    • European Union
    • Energy
    • Climate change

    Rebranding Europe’s energy transition from climate policy to survival

    Imran Khalid
    Brussels is turning climate policy into industrial strategy, hoping to step beyond populist anger over costs.
  • 13 Jan 2026
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • France
    • Germany
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Europe is grappling with its identity as well as Russian aggression

    Catherine Wilson
    War and democratic backsliding are threatening core EU tenets, with a fight for its future on the cards.
  • 24 Nov 2025
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Türkiye

    EU processes move in years. Kosovo also needs partners who move in months

    Elona Zhana
    Türkiye shows that availability is becoming a form of influence for middle powers in the Western Balkans.
  • 21 Oct 2025
    • North Korea
    • European Union

    Europe should back Donald Trump to again engage Kim Jong-un

    Gabriela Bernal
    With North Korean troops fighting Ukraine, the days of treating North Korea as a problem in splendid isolation are over.
  • 26 Sep 2025
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Why Moldova’s election results matter for Europe’s war with Russia

    Catherine Wilson
    Vladimir Putin has his eyes on a tiny landlocked country that could prove critical in his campaign against Ukraine.
  • 25 Sep 2025
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Technology

    Airspace chaos: European eyes on the skies

    Lisa Martin
    Copenhagen and Oslo drone sightings, Russian airspace violations and European airport cyber attacks will loom large over a meeting of EU leaders in the Danish capital next week.
  • 16 Jul 2025
    • Caucasus
    • European Union
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Making Greater Russia again?

    William Gourlay
    Trump’s new world order may greenlight a Russian sphere of interest, but Moscow’s geopolitical clout seems in decline.
  • 8 Jul 2025
    • China
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Human rights
    • Technology

    AI surveillance and the governance vacuum in the Asia-Pacific

    Monique Taylor
    While Europe moves ahead with regulation, China is exporting the infrastructure of digital control.
  • 27 Jun 2025
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • European Union

    Re-invigorating Europe–Australia defence and security collaboration

    Peter Tesch
    The systemic struggle between authoritarianism and accountable democracy doesn't distinguish between hemispheres.
  • 24 Jun 2025
    • Australia
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Trade

    Enhancing Australia–EU security cooperation

    Matthew Sussex
    The pros outweigh the cons of Canberra joining Brussels for shared prosperity, security and accountable democracy.
  • 17 Mar 2025
    • China
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • United States

    Will Trump force Europe into China’s arms?

    Henry Storey
    It’s not clear that Beijing has much to give when it comes to resolving the most vexed issues in Sino-European relations.
  • 26 Feb 2025
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Two cheers for the European Union

    Mark Beeson
    Democracy, peace and cooperation don’t happen by accident. Will the EU continue to defy Europe’s violent history?
  • 22 Jan 2025
    • European Union
    • Russia
    • Energy
    • Trade

    A body blow to Putin’s “dirty fleet”

    Selwyn Parker
    Europe is increasingly cracking down on Russia’s sanction-busting oil trade.
  • 15 Jan 2025
    • European Union
    • Technology
    • United States

    Meta power move is about more than fact checking

    Miah Hammond-Errey
    We can expect more pushback from US tech companies towards national governments – but will this also come with official US government support?
  • 20 Nov 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • European Union

    Has the time finally come for a European defence?

    Eglantine Staunton
    Talk might be finally giving way to action. Maybe.
  • 15 Oct 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Malaysia
    • European Union
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    The ripple effects of EU deforestation laws in Southeast Asia

    Mohd. Yunus
    The region's palm oil industry needs to move with the times. But meeting the challenges will take a group effort.
  • 31 Jul 2024
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Charging up: Europe’s bid for renewable energy independence

    Nina Marković Khaze
    A new deal with Serbia for one of the world's largest lithium mines is about breaking China’s stranglehold on the market.
  • 24 Jul 2024
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Ukraine
    • United Kingdom

    Good vibes only: Can Starmer make the European Political Community work?

    Elizabeth Ames
    Europe’s newest strategic forum has the chance to rally regional leaders around common defence and security challenges.
  • 22 Jul 2024
    • China
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union

    A weaker Europe on China – at the worst time

    Dominique Fraser
    European governments increasingly wary of the popular turn against incumbents will be more susceptible to economic inducements and pressure from Beijing.
  • 15 Jul 2024
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union
    • United Kingdom
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Trade
    • WTO

    What next for UK trade relations with the EU?

    Justin Brown
    The ushering in of new blood in Westminster promises less ideology on trade, but no fewer red lines.
  • 25 Jun 2024
    • China
    • European Union
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • Technology
    • United States

    Tariffs, data security and global collaboration: Navigating the geopolitics of electric vehicles

    Marina Yue Zhang
    Protectionism isn’t going to help with meeting global climate ambitions.
  • 18 Apr 2024
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Trade
    • Climate change
    • Pacific Islands

    Is the EU Australia’s blind spot in the Indo-Pacific?

    Anne McNaughton , Frédéric Grare
    In region worried about militarisation, what is perceived as the EU’s weakness by Australia may be its main strength.
  • 15 Apr 2024
    • Caucasus
    • European Union
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • United Kingdom

    Russia conundrum in the Caucasus and beyond

    Nikola Mikovic
    Once a de facto leader in the post-Soviet space, Moscow is now falling outside the friend zone in its own backyard.
  • 18 Mar 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • European Union
    • Türkiye
    • United States

    The ripple effects of NATO expansion

    William Gourlay
    Türkiye’s approval of Sweden’s entry into the treaty alliance has led to improved US–Turkish relations.
  • 19 Feb 2024
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Trade
    • Environment

    Kicking up a stink: Europe’s farmers, like those in Australia, are counting costs

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    International turmoil is having mixed political consequences both near and far.
  • 15 Nov 2023
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • United Kingdom
    • Technology
    • United States

    The Bletchley Park artificial intelligence summit: Good optics, less substance

    José-Miguel Bello y Villarino , Kimberlee Weatherall
    A jumbled collection of commonplace platitudes does not a remarkable outcome make.
  • 30 Oct 2023
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Trade

    Dashed hopes for Australia, Europe still has blind spots on trade

    Justin Brown
    The collapse of FTA negotiations illustrates that protectionist sentiment is still powerful in the bloc.
  • 19 Oct 2023
    • China
    • European Union
    • Energy
    • Trade

    China’s car exports pose a key question to policymakers: Compete or protect?

    Robert Walker
    How they respond will have implications for consumers and the climate.
  • 31 Jul 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union
    • Germany

    Berlin’s economic “de-risking” model could be Europe's answer to the Taiwan question

    Karl Ragas
    Germany's aim is not to “decouple” from China, but to reduce its exposure to risk. And the potential winner is Taipei.
  • 18 Jul 2023
    • European Union
    • Digital Disruption
    • International law
    • Technology
    • Transnational Challenges

    Regulating artificial intelligence: How the EU just got us closer

    Melinda Rankin
    In these times of high-tech angst, a new draft Act passed in the European Parliament sets the scene for the future of AI.
  • 8 Jun 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Geo-economics
    • IMF
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Duelling D-words to delineate China

    Greg Earl
    Australia seems to be treading carefully around the G7’s agreement to de-risk dependence on the region’s biggest economy.
  • 17 May 2023
    • China
    • European Union
    • France
    • Germany

    Europe’s divisions over China could hamper G-7 unity

    Dominique Fraser
    If European capitals, Brussels, and Washington are not aligned, immediate economic interests will overshadow common, long-term goals.
  • 13 Apr 2023
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • European Union
    • France

    Taiwan: Far from lost in translation, Macron said exactly what he meant

    David Vallance
    The French President’s comments are the latest example of his consistent call for Europe to set its own path.
  • 31 Jan 2023
    • Europe
    • European Union

    Europe: Crossing the East-West divide

    Roderick Parkes
    A new alignment challenges France and Germany as drivers of European politics – offering Britain a chance for influence.
  • 11 Jan 2023
    • Europe's Economy
    • European Union
    • Trade
    • Climate change

    Crossing the carbon border

    Stephen Minas
    International trade is skewed in favour of exporters who pay less for carbon emissions. The EU wants to change that.
  • 22 Nov 2022
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Russia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Europe must fully embrace nuclear energy

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    With Russia’s stranglehold on the region’s energy, it is time to add a second shade of green.
  • 3 Nov 2022
    • China
    • European Union
    • Germany

    Make or break: Scholz’ Beijing business

    Dominique Fraser
    What happens in Europe won’t stay in Europe. Rifts on China risk common understanding with partners, Australia included.
  • 10 Oct 2022
    • Australia's Trade
    • European Union
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Free Trade
    • Trade

    EU in the driver’s seat on Indo-Pacific trade deals

    Justin Brown
    Is the New Zealand–European Union free trade agreement an omen for Australia’s negotiations?
  • 1 Sep 2022
    • European Union
    • Germany
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    A new solidarity? Olaf Scholz on the future of Europe

    Marcus Colla
    Acknowledging the continent’s centre is “moving eastwards” marked the German chancellor’s address as visionary, of sorts.
  • 22 Aug 2022
    • Europe
    • European Union
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Six months of war in Ukraine: Europe’s life and fate

    Marcus Colla
    Emotions have inevitably subsided but support for Ukraine remains resolute – enough to dismay Putin-loving populists.
  • 27 May 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Ukraine

    Ukraine: The view from Warsaw

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    More than offering neighbourly support, Poland wants to ensure Russia suffers a strategic defeat.
  • 18 May 2022
    • United States
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Technology

    A required update for the EU-US Trade and Tech Council

    Mercedes Page
    As authoritarian challenges loom, more transatlantic cooperation on technology should be welcome news for Australia.
  • 9 May 2022
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia's Economy
    • European Union
    • United Kingdom
    • France

    The time is right for Australia to forge stronger ties with Europe

    Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo
    A new world has created new opportunities in energy, security and diplomacy that Canberra should grab without delay.
  • 3 May 2022
    • Russia
    • European Union
    • Ukraine

    European neutrality is dying out

    Daniel Woker
    Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has transformed future security policy arrangements to Russia’s detriment.
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