Asia and the Indo-Pacific

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Karine de Vergeron

7 April 2026

The current mandate of President Trump is radically altering the close and longstanding ties that had been forged between India and the United States over the past years as America is now moving towards a more isolationist policy. It is striking to note that the US National Defence Strategy,...

Future and outlook

 
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22 December 2025

The Schuman Network, an initiative of the Foundation, is working to promote the sharing of ideas on a European scale. With 21 members from 13 European countries, the Schuman Network is a forum to pool research on current European issues. Since its launch, over 195 studies have been published.

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Fondation Robert Schuman

23 December 2025

The Foundation has published profiles of 27 'European Women of Influence' to highlight the decisive role played by women in the construction and influence of the European Union. Founded on the values of equality and human rights, Europe is also being built by women who innovate, make decisions and...

Elections in Europe

 
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Helen Levy

24 March 2026

On 22 March, 1.7 million Slovenians were called to the polls to elect the 90 members of the Drzavni Zbor, the lower house of Parliament. The Movement for Freedom (Svoboda) led by outgoing Prime Minister Robert Golob appears to have narrowly edged out Janez Janša’s Democratic Party...

Strategy, Security and Defence

 
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Jean Mafart

27 January 2026

Although the concept of hybrid threats is now widely accepted despite its rather vague nature, there remains a blind spot in European discussions and strategic thinking: the phenomenon is still rarely addressed from the perspective of internal security policy. It has long been recognised that...

News

 
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Nicolas-Jean Brehon

24 March 2026

In an increasingly uncertain international context, the European Union has shifted its military action from territorial crisis management toward broader strategic and material support. Since 2021, the European Peace Facility has marked a major turning point by directly financing lethal equipment and partner training. This shift now prioritizes technological and budgetary assistance, particularly in Ukraine. Nicolas-Jean Brehon’s study reviews all military operations conducted by Europe since 2003 and the developments currently underway.

European military operations go beyond simple defense and have become a powerful diplomatic lever, affirming the European Union’s political presence on the international stage. Despite operational successes and unprecedented

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The European news feed

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US President Donald Trump has been making a series of blunt statements against the transatlantic agreement, which the United States itself initiated in 1949. He is justifying his attacks on the grounds that Europeans are refusing to participate in the war he is currently losing in the Middle East. Europe now knows that it cannot count on him to come to the aid of one of its members in the event of an aggression. There is now no ambiguity: Trump's America will not come to Europe's aid. Europeans must take responsibility for the collective defence of the continent and organise a de facto solidarity amongst themselves in the event of an attack.

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Democracy and citizenship

 
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Jean-Dominique Giuliani

25 November 2025

I am particularly happy to be here once more at the University of Tartu[1], which I had the honour of visiting a long time ago, back in 2003. One of the oldest universities in Europe, it plays a significant role in your country and throughout the continent in providing the very highest level of...

Strategy, Security and Defence

 
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Amiral (2S) Bernard Rogel

18 November 2025

When the Soviet empire collapsed in the 1990s, the existential threat to our borders became a thing of the past. At the time, we did not realise that this would only be temporary in the grand scheme of history. Taking a deep breath, we entered a period known as the ‘peace dividends’,...

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