CEPS Expert commentaries

The second Trump administration has intensified the global reshuffling of geoeconomic alliances following China’s phenomenal industrial growth and its near…

The EU’s sustainability reporting rules urgently need to be recalibrated. What began as a bold legislative push to steer markets…

Kabul’s fall in August 2021 was a slow-motion tragedy. EU Member States opened their doors, then bureaucracy slammed them shut.…

On 5 June, the European Commission and the EEAS published a Joint Communication that officially launched the EU’s new International…

South Korea began 2025 in deep political turmoil following the martial law crisis. Despite its gravity, the episode affirmed the…

In recent weeks, headlines have taken a sharp turn, with Anthropic’s CEO warning that AI could eliminate half of all…

The EU is strongly committed to integrating the Western Balkans into its energy and climate frameworks as part of the…

The recent history of the EU’s relations in its ‘southern neighbourhood’ can hardly be called its finest hour. It has…

Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ has delivered the highest tariff hike in nearly a century. If they’re implemented, the average US…

Suppose vast quantities of Europeans’ digital data were being sent every few days to a foreign power that has threatened…

In the wake of the Draghi report and the EU Competitiveness Compass, ‘competitiveness’ is again dominating debates about the present…

We’re undergoing a global transformation marked by competition for resources, value chain shifts, geopolitical tensions, humanitarian crises, climate change and…