How should the EU handle AI? Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch rejects AI “doom” scenarios
While the EU wants to listen to AI tech bosses like Amodei, Altman, and Musk to slow AI progress, Trump stresses the need to keep pace in the AI race with China.
October 14, 2026
Brazil Presidential Election: Flávio Bolsonaro emerged in pole position with 47 Percent from a first round of voting Sunday
Brazil votes on 4 October in a presidential election between competing political and foreign-policy visions, with implications for the country’s relations with Europe, the United States, China and BRICS.
October 5, 2026
BRICS in New Delhi: Reading the 2026 Declaration
BRICS arrives in New Delhi twenty years after the cooperation format first emerged in 2006, as a group…
September 16, 2026
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September 14, 2026
France Builds European Palantir Alternative
Arcadia is a French AI command-and-control platform developed with companies including Mistral AI, Thales, Safran and Airbus France tested the…
August 20, 2026
France Turns to Automotive Industry to Expand Domestic Drone Production
Executive Summary France is working to build a domestic drone-production industrial base through partnerships between defense firms and…
August 18, 2026
EU and Ukraine Join Forces to Build Europe’s Drone Defence Industry
The EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance was officially launched on July 17 during the third EU-Ukraine Defence Industry Forum in…
July 25, 2026
G7 Evian: Unity on Display, Strategic Autonomy Tested for the European Union
Key takeaways The Evian G7 summit (15–17 June 2026) produced nine thematic joint declarations covering geopolitical crises (Ukraine,…
July 5, 2026
Europe’s “Post-American” Security Order: Strategic Autonomy in an Era of Uncertainty
Europe is increasingly accelerating efforts toward what policymakers call “strategic autonomy”, as a broad push to strengthen the…
May 25, 2026
Strategic gap: Why the EU’s Hormuz response still falls short
The European Commission’s assessment of oil and gas supply security, released on 30 April 2026 amid ten weeks…
May 7, 2026
From the Gulf to Asia: How the EU Is Expanding Its Security Network
The EU has called for an agreement modelled on the Black Sea Grain Initiative to help reopen the…
May 2, 2026