As a ceasefire takes hold in Gaza, the EU has an opportunity to reassert its influence – supporting reconstruction, governance and security while reaffirming its long-standing commitment to a two-state solution.

Albania has made global headlines in appointing 'Diella', an AI system, as a cabinet minister. Hailed as a step towards digital governance, it has also drawn criticism over legality, accountability and the risks of entrusting political power to artificial intelligence.

Critics blame Europe’s ‘summer of humiliation’ on the EU’s timidity in trade negotiations with President Trump. Yet the greater threat to European prosperity is Beijing’s twin strategy of flooding markets with cheap goods while weaponising supply chains.

Cognitive security calls for more than traditional defence measures. It requires a direct response to the strategic targeting of perception and knowledge in covert political warfare.