Ukraine may survive another winter under Russian attack. Europe must ask what that survival costs and what it can learn before the frontier crisis reaches deeper into its own politics.
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Anatomy of an Engineered Election
As Serbia heads to elections on 25 October, the EU must acknowledge that the contest is already unfair, and that the election-engineering methods perfected in Belgrade could spread well beyond the Western Balkans.
Can You Still Love Back?
In this love letter to Europe, Tomáš Sedláček, who grew up flying over the Iron Curtain, asks whether Europe can still love back.
For Europe, Clarity is Strength
The European Union’s power rests on the credibility of its commitments. By proposing to weaken the 2035 ban on new carbon-emitting cars before it had even come into force, the Commission has put that credibility at risk.
The European Tour Kicks Off
We just launched our European Tour. 18 months. 18 cities. One journey at the heart of Europe’s future.
The European Tour Kicks Off in Alpbach and Bled
We just launched our European Tour. Two stops, two very different registers, one throughline: conviction without slogans.
Europe Must Choose Its Rivals
Europe cannot practise economic statecraft until it distinguishes allies from rivals.
Coming of Age Inside your Digital Borders
From a childhood eased into the internet age to a generation thrown into it.
Letter from a country that no longer exists
From the disappearance of Yugoslavia to the war in Ukraine, a plea for Europe to remember its darkness and defend what it has built.
The Courageous
What makes people stand up to an illiberal regime, even when the cost is fear and isolation? Through the voices of resisting activists, journalists and researchers in Hungary and Serbia, this essay explores why they keep going.
Democracy Is Not a Service
Tech billionaires are turning wealth into political power while citizens retreat into the habits of consumers. Resistance requires recovering imagination as a tool.
Europe, Child of the Improbable
Born from catastrophe, Europe remains an unfinished metamorphosis.
Peace Without Innocence
Europe was built to make war unthinkable. It must now embrace Total Defence: organising the protection of peace across society as a whole.
When the Map No Longer Holds
There’s a moment when the old maps stop working, and someone has to decide whether to correct them or draw new ones. Europe has reached that moment. This is why we exist.
The Frontier of Permanent Emergency
Ukraine’s resilience has not emerged from institutional strength or wartime unity, but from society’s ability to adapt continuously to dysfunction, exhaustion, and permanent uncertainty.
Living Among Predators
Europe was built to transcend power politics through law, markets, and integration. As war returns and the liberal order fractures, it must relearn the language of power.