Europe faces a security and competitiveness crisis. Increased defence spending offers an opportunity to address both challenges, unleashing a dual-use technology boom. Both the EU and its Member States have key roles to play in this effort.
Giuseppe Spatafora spoke with Spanish media RTVE ahead of the Hague NATO summit. Among doubts about US commitments to European's security and calls for Europe...
Katarzyna Sidło was quoted in an article by the Luxembourg Times examining the EU’s strategic engagement with Egypt amid growing geopolitical and economic...
Giuseppe Spatafora spoke with Politico about Madrid's deal with NATO to be exempted from the 5% of GDP defence spending target. “Every year there's at least one...
On 26 June 2025, the EUISS, in collaboration with the Jacques Delors Institute, Sciences Po CERI, and Euro Créative, organised a conference at Sciences Po Paris titled Enlargement in Focus. Discussions were structured around three key themes: Geopoliticising enlargement: how to...
Joris Teer was quoted in a Het Financieele Dagblad article on how the Iran-Israel crisis has exposed the lack of European 'hard power' due to Europe's...
In the wake of the NATO summit at The Hague, doubts over America’s commitment to European security will persist. Ultimately, this is what US disengagement looks like. Europeans must adapt to this new reality and take greater responsibility for their own defence.
European militaries are facing the twin challenges of a hostile geopolitical environment and the global energy transition. There are solutions to fuel and electricity dependencies: prioritising biofuels and infrastructure in the short term while developing synthetic fuels, and...
