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Associate membership: the EU’s newest geopolitical tool? (opens the original)
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When European Commission President von der Leyen held her annual State of the Union speech last week, one announcement struck observers: the idea to offer “associate membership” to Canada quickly made it to the headlines and sparked more questions than answers. And in fact, it does not seem like there is a concrete plan or a checklist for what associate membership could actually be or look like, but rather that it is a political concept that still needs to be created from scratch. More generally
Episode 1: Debunking European strategic autonomy myths (opens the original)
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This very first episode of the Geopolitical Europe podcast is all about European strategic autonomy — a term that has been widely used in policy debates over the last decade (or even decades) and has most recently made a comeback. As there are still many myths around the term, this episode offers an overview about the most common misconceptions and debunks European strategic autonomy myths. References mentioned in the show: Briefing by the European Parliamentary Research Service, 2022: https://w
Back to school: fresh thinking and writing about Europe, global security, and world order (opens the original)
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As September is the “back to school” season, another Geopolitical Europe classic is back: a reading list with pieces by the next generation of scholars and think tankers. On this year’s menu: pieces on European security and defence, Europe-India relations as a consequence of Russia’s war against Ukraine, and two long reads on conceptual questions. European security & defenceIsomorphic Spillover and Its Limits: The Institutionally Constrained Defence Industrial Policy of the European Union, by Sa
COMING SOON: Geopolitical Europe Podcast (opens the original)
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It’s back to school season - and this year, it means a big next step for Geopolitical Europe.Over two years after its creation, Geopolitical Europe is also becoming a podcast - covering all things European power, grand strategy, and security and defence in a changing world. Intro episode is dropping soon… stay tuned! Subscribe now
The France dilemma of European defence (opens the original)
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A whisper among officials and experts in European defence, which could already be heard in conversations over the past few years, has become markedly louder in recent months. What if a far-right president becomes the new resident of the Elysée Palace in 2027? Perhaps other European states should not further deepen security and defence cooperation with France or put all their eggs into the basket of more EU defence integration with France – because these efforts might ultimately be in vain when a
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