Carnegie Europe

13/10/2026

Ahead of a tough winter for Ukraine, Donald Trump’s swing back toward Russia bodes ill.

But instead of panicking, Rym Momtaz says that Kyiv’s European allies are focusing on action.

Ahead of a tough winter for Ukraine, Donald Trump’s swing back toward Russia bodes ill. But instead of panicking, Kyiv’s European allies are focusing on action.

09/10/2026

🆕 | Funding Ukraine remains a priority for European leaders, say Vladyslav Rashkovan and Gregory P. Wilson.

As Russia’s war of aggression heads into another winter, two feasible options to mobilize support for Kyiv should be fast-tracked.

Funding Ukraine remains a priority for European leaders. As Russia’s war of aggression heads into another winter, two feasible options to mobilize support Kyiv should be fast-tracked.

08/10/2026

The EU and European governments are embracing the much-lauded middle-power moment.

But three difficult conundrums stand in their way, writes Richard Youngs.

While the EU and European governments are embracing the much-lauded middle-power moment, this entails three difficult conundrums.

07/10/2026

📢 An EU-level citizen panel recently opened on the state of democracy in the union.

📉 Yet the spread of citizen assemblies across Europe has done little to reverse the wider anti-democratic trend.

💡 Richard Youngs argues that deliberative democracy now needs a radically new phase, and sets out what it should look like.

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A notable degree of participative democracy has firmly arrived in Europe. But to have more far-reaching impact, democratic deliberation needs to move into a radically new phase.

06/10/2026

Much has been said of the changes Brussels is trying to make to the EU enlargement process.

Dimitar Bechev explains why gradual integration might—or might not—be the answer.

Much has been said of the changes Brussels is trying to make to the EU enlargement process. Here’s why gradual integration might—or might not—be the answer.

01/10/2026

❔ | : Can the EU Stare Down China on Trade?

The European Commissioner for Trade is headed to China.

But after President Xi’s bridge-building visit to Washington, can a more isolated EU overcome Beijing’s stranglehold on critical raw materials?

Rym Momtaz asked five experts: Who will blink first?

The European Commissioner for Trade is headed to China. But after President Xi’s bridge-building visit to Washington, can a more isolated EU overcome Beijing’s stranglehold on critical raw materials? Who will blink first?

30/09/2026

European NATO countries are wrestling with the possibility of U.S. disengagement from the alliance.

Governments must restore the credibility of their collective defense, argue Hans-Dieter Lucas, Adam Thomson, and Pierre Vimont.

European NATO countries are wrestling with the possibility of U.S. disengagement from the alliance. With the continent’s security increasingly uncertain, governments must restore the credibility of their collective defense.

29/09/2026

The French electorate has been pushed to the political extremes and the country’s diplomatic capacity has been compromised.

The culprit? How long it is taking to end the war in Ukraine, writes Rym Momtaz.

The domestic impacts of how long it is taking to end the war in Ukraine have pushed the French electorate to the political extremes and compromised the country’s diplomatic capacity.

27/09/2026

📽️ | Why Is Russia Escalating in Europe?

Kadri Liik explains why Moscow’s attacks on European NATO countries have escalated in recent months.

Listen to Europe Inside Out: https://carnegieendowment.org/europe/podcasts/europe-inside-out/is-russia-already-at-war-with-europe

24/09/2026

🇪🇺 | Last week, Ursula von der Leyen stayed largely silent on EU enlargement.

Before the next wave of accession, the union must confront thorny questions about how power is shared among its members.

By Emil Sondaj Hansen and Ditte Brasso Sørensen: https://carnegieendowment.org/europe/strategic-europe/2026/09/the-uncomfortable-truth-about-eu-enlargement