Thinking ahead for Europe

CEPS Expert commentaries

Our expert commentaries offer timely and succinct analysis of current events and opinion on the key developments in Europe

07 Feb 2022

By manufacturing a crisis over Ukraine, President Putin is testing the West’s resolve and Russia’s place in a post-post-Cold War…

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31 Jan 2022

The EU’s relationship with Russia for the past decade or more has been characterised by uncertainty. That uncertainty finally came…

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17 Dec 2021

Vladimir Putin’s threat to invade Ukraine forces all parties to make their calculations with three fundamental variables. The first two…

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16 Dec 2021

A turbulent but critical year for the future of the EU, with important advances on many fronts, stronger internal cohesion,…

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02 Dec 2021

Despite incoming US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan expressing disappointment about EU Member States’ decision to move forward with the…

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