A new security architecture in which the American role is reduced or redefined should move Europe to adapt to the present and prepare for the future Read the @time.com article by our Senior Research Fellow @galipdalay.bsky.social time.com/article/2026...

Stop Mourning the Old NATO. Build the New One

"The NATO summit in Ankara should serve as the moment Europe accepts full responsibility for its own security and its proximate security environment," writes Galip Dalay.

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🎥Video | Europe after Nord Stream: The limits of energy security 🔗Watch the recording of @cheurope.bsky.social discussion on defending infrastructure & strengthening energy independence with @katjabego.bsky.social, Kalina Damianova, James Black & Bojan Pancevski www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...

As Turkey hosts this year's #NATOSummit, questions around Europe's security are growing more urgent. @galipdalay.bsky.social calls for a broader, pan-continental approach bringing together NATO’s EU & non-EU members. Read his article in @theworldtoday.org: www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

Turkey presses NATO’s EU members to broaden their horizons

As well as pushing for wider European cooperation in the alliance, the Ankara summit host knows that it is key to helping Europe regain influence in its rapidly changing southern neighbourhood, says G...

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Updated lineup | Event | Europe after Nord Stream: the limits of energy security | 23 June Kalina Damianova joins @katjabego.bsky.social, James Black & Bojan Pancevski to assess how to defend European infrastructure & strengthen energy independence. Register👇 www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...

'Europe’s impotence in its southern neighbourhood is glaring, most obviously in its absence from diplomacy over the Iran war.' Read new article by @galipdalay.bsky.social in the latest issue of @theworldtoday.org - @chathamhouse.org magazine. www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

Turkey presses NATO’s EU members to broaden their horizons

As well as pushing for wider European cooperation in the alliance, the Ankara summit host knows that it is key to helping Europe regain influence in its rapidly changing southern neighbourhood, says G...

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Ending a dispute on minority rights would do more than progress Ukraine’s EU accession talks: it could strengthen the continent’s posture towards Moscow. Gregoire Roos, director @chrussiaeurasia.bsky.social @cheurope.bsky.social programmes at @chathamhouse.org www.chathamhouse.org/2026/06/hung...

Hungary’s reset with Ukraine is good news for European deterrence

Ending a dispute on minority rights would do more than progress Ukraine’s EU accession talks: it could strengthen the continent’s posture towards Moscow.

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📢 New Event | Europe after Nord Stream: the limits of energy security | 23 June, at @chathamhouse.org & online What did the Nord Stream sabotage reveal about Europe’s energy security? Panel: @katjabego.bsky.social, James Black & Bojan Pancevski Register: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...

Europe must resist the temptation to become a fortress in a closed West. Instead, amid America & China’s gepolitical struggle, it has the history & values to be the place where the rest of the world finds common cause, writes Grégoire Roos for @theworldtoday.org www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

The Open Centre: Reimagining Europe’s offer to a fractured world

Europe must resist the temptation to become a fortress in a closed West. Instead, amid America and China’s gepolitical struggle, it has the history and values to be the place where the rest of the wor...

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📢New Event | Brexit 10 years on: Michel Barnier and the future of UK–EU relations | 22 June, 10am BST Join a fascinating discussion with the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator to assess a decade of change and the future of EU-UK relations. Register here: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...

🆕Research paper by @katjabego.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org Europe Programme on how a combination of high levels of defence spending, a boom in defence tech and dual-use AI, and accelerating tech sovereignty drives could reconfigure the AI race. Find out more: www.chathamhouse.org/2026/04/how-...

How a surge in defence and dual-use technology investment could reconfigure the global AI race

The AI race is often presented as being contested by the US and China, with other countries having little to no chance of catching up. Geopolitical tensions and the trends towards defence-driven innov...

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'Germany needs not only efficiency, but adaptability, scale, and speed.' Read new expert comment by Grégoire Roos, director of @cheurope.bsky.social and @chrussiaeurasia.bsky.social www.chathamhouse.org/2026/05/germ...

Germany rearms – but can it lead? Europe’s hesitant superpower in waiting

Germany is ready to rearm, but faces many political challenges to achieve strategic leadership.

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🔊 @chathamhouse.org Podcast: Is the shock of the US-Iran war helping Europe come together? Listen to Bronwen Maddox & Grégoire Roos exploring how Europe is responding to an increasingly unpredictable US, reconsidering its own economic and security priorities. www.chathamhouse.org/2026/04/shoc...

Is the shock of the US-Iran war helping Europe come together? Independent Thinking podcast

EU expansion, energy shocks, and uneasy alliances: will the conflict in the Gulf – and other crises – force a more unified European strategy?

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Magyar’s mandate is undoubtedly strong, but it is not limitless. He now has room to move on corruption, judicial independence, relations with Brussels and the tone of foreign policy. But even a two-thirds majority does not make Hungary a blank slate. www.chathamhouse.org/2026/04/hung...

Hungary election: Orbán has been defeated – but will Orbánism survive?

Péter Magyar and his Tisza party have won a landslide victory, ending 16 years of Viktor Orbán’s rule. But to what extent voters have also rejected Orbán’s model remains to be seen.

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Event | AI and National Security: Who's Really in Control? | 20 Apr, 6pm BST @katjabego.bsky.social, Gen Sir Richard Barrons, @johnthornhill.bsky.social, @joycehakmeh.bsky.social & Yasmin Afina discuss who controls AI, and on whose terms. Register: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...

AI and National Security: Who's Really in Control?

Experts discuss who controls AI, and on whose terms.

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📣 Earlier today @katjabego.bsky.social (Senior Research Fellow, @cheurope.bsky.social) chaired the highly anticipated session on ‘Drones: The defence buzz word’ at the @chathamhouse.org Security and Defence Summit #CHSecDef More about the conference: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/c...

Speaking at the opening panel of @chathamhouse.org Security & Defence Summit, Grégoire Roos reflected on Europe’s “long journey of coming to terms with its vulnerability” amid Russia’s war against Ukraine, growing security threats & waning US support. #CHSecDef www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/c...

🎙️In this special podcast episode recorded at the Munich Security Conference, @bronwenmaddox.bsky.social & Gregoire Roos discuss Marco Rubio’s speech, Ukraine’s resilience, European competitiveness & innovations in defense technology and drone development. www.chathamhouse.org/2026/02/rubi...

Rubio to Europe: A softer tone than Vance. But same message?

In a special edition of Chatham House’s Independent Thinking podcast recorded at the Munich Security Conference 2026 over the weekend, Chatham House Director Bronwen Maddox and Grégoire Roos, Director...

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💬 Integration or deregulation? Europe’s split over how to achieve sovereignty. “Ideological differences risk paralysing the EU at a crucial juncture. But a synthesis offers a path forward” — writes Grégoire Roos in his @chathamhouse.org expert comment. Read at: www.chathamhouse.org/2026/02/inte...

Integration or deregulation? Europe’s split over how to achieve sovereignty

Ideological differences risk paralysing the EU at a crucial juncture. But a synthesis offers a path forward.

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📯 We are happy to announce that as of today @katjabego.bsky.social has joined Europe Programme at @chathamhouse.org as Senior Research Fellow. Welcome to the team Katja! Learn more about Katja’s work and her latest publications at: www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our...

📝 What should a more European NATO look like? The US and Europe disagree In her expert comment @katjabego.bsky.social argues Europe’s push to reduce its reliance on the US is likely to be permanent. US policymakers should wake up to this new reality. www.chathamhouse.org/2026/02/what...

What should a more European NATO look like? The US and Europe disagree

Europe’s push to reduce its reliance on the US is likely to be permanent. US policymakers should wake up to this new reality.

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🎙️In this Independent Thinking podcast, @bronwenmaddox.bsky.social is discussing with @oliviaosullivan.bsky.social & Grégoire Roos whether the current crisis facing Keir Starmer reflects structural issues that are making Britain increasingly difficult to govern. www.chathamhouse.org/2026/02/uk-l...

"The West has drip-fed support to Ukraine, but the goal has remained obscure", argues @glandsbergis.bsky.social, the former Foreign Minister of Lithuania. ⤵️ Read his story on why Europe urgently needs a defence doctrine of its own. www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

Europe needs a doctrine to halt Putin’s expansionist ambitions

The Russian president’s specious justifications for the war in Ukraine mean he won’t stop there. But time is running out for Europe to formulate a defence strategy, writes Gabrielius Landsbergis.

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"If you look at EU membership benefits, I think it's a net positive for every member of the European Union." Oana Țoiu Minister of Foreign Affairs for Romania on the importance of EU membership. Watch the event➡️ bit.ly/4qtpMvL

This framing of 'the EU has never done multiple speed Europe' seems like a product of way too short institutional memory. Since the 1980s, major EU integration often happened in avantgarde groups, be it the Euro, Schengen, EU Patent, EU Public Prosecutor. The real change is a different one.

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The EU has always prided itself on its members all moving forward as one. That era is over.

📹 Oana Țoiu, Romania’s Foreign Minister spoke at @chathamhouse.org on the Russian aggression against Ukraine, NATO deterrence, European rearmament & defence coordination in a panel chaired by @mgmessmer.bsky.social. Watch the full recording here: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...

💬 “In Europe’s attempt to move from a peace project to a power project, it cannot avoid further deepening in strategic areas.” In his expert comment @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social reflects on Mario Draghi’s call for ‘pragmatic federalism’ in Europe. Read at: www.chathamhouse.org/2026/02/drag...

Draghi wants real decision-making power in Europe, not a federal Big Bang

Competitiveness is not enough. The former president of the European Central Bank’s call for ‘pragmatic federalism’ would require Europe to strengthen its decision-making process if it wants to weigh i...

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Check out the new expert comment by our programme's Associate fellow @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social 👇

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Italy's former prime minister is calling for ‘pragmatic federalism’ to strengthen Europe's decision-making — and to be taken seriously by the US and China. Read @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social’s latest analysis for Chatham House ⤵️

Would Europe still be able to project unity with populists at the centre of power? This and other questions were explored during our recent panel discussion on the rise of Europe’s far-right. 📹 Event recording is now available here: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...

📣 Event: Defending NATO’s Eastern Flank | 9 Feb, 17:30 Oana Țoiu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, will speak at @chathamhouse.org on support for Ukraine, European security, & tackling the Russian threat. Moderator: @mgmessmer.bsky.social Register at: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...

🎥 Watch the recording of our recent event where @fromtga.bsky.social, Baroness Claire Fox, Gregoire Roos & Sophie Pedder discuss what the rise of populist parties across Europe means for its future trajectory, internal politics and the EU’s role in the world. www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...

Europe's far right sell themselves as the new realists. Are electorates buying it?

With populists rising across the continent, this session explores how Europe’s politics, institutions, the EU and international standing could change if they took power simultaneously in major states.

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