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Europe stands as the last bastion against a coalition of autocrats that is converging, from Moscow to Beijing and including certain illiberal tendencies in the United States, to weaken democracies. As recent tensions over Greenland have reminded us, Europe is founded on law, peaceful cooperation and the protection of individual freedoms. It embodies a unique moral and economic power capable of challenging the ambitions of authoritarian regimes. By asserting its historical values and consolidating its strategic credibility, the European Union can continue to offer a civilising alternative based on reason, respect for rights and stability, in the face of forces seeking to reshape the world through force or intimidation.
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Emmanuel Macron's speech on nuclear deterrence on 2 March marks a major shift in French nuclear doctrine in the interests of European security. With several Member States already signalling their i
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On 28 February, against a backdrop of growing tensions over Iran's nuclear programme and following the regime's bloody crackdown on popular uprisings, the United States and Israel made 'the choice
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Europe has structural advantages that are comparable to, or even superior to, those of the United States, based not on the display of its power, but on the size of its market, the strength of its s
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Trump's insistence on acquiring Greenland appears to be a risky initiative, widely rejected in the United States and deemed unacceptable by Europeans. This provocation has prompted the European Uni
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