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The Eastern Air Defence Corridor for a Safer Europe
Insight

The Eastern Air Defence Corridor for a Safer Europe

Europe’s fragmented air defence arrangements leave its eastern flank vulnerable to Russian and Iranian aerial attacks. The Eastern Air Defence Corridor proposes integrating the air defence capabilities of six eastern and southeastern European states into a single regional architecture.

Georgios Karantanis · 3 min read · 10 September 2026
One Crisis, Two Europes: Ceuta and the Politics of Solidarity
Migration and Solidarity

One Crisis, Two Europes: Ceuta and the Politics of Solidarity

Ceuta exposes a tension at the heart of EU migration governance. The EU can formalise responsability-sharing, but its political meaning remains contested among Member States.

Nada Rharrhary · 4 min read · 28 August 2026
Normalising Hardline Migration Policies: How Giorgia Meloni Mainstreamed Return Hubs
International security and policy

Normalising Hardline Migration Policies: How Giorgia Meloni Mainstreamed Return Hubs

This article touches on the key changes on migration policy brought by Giorgia Meloni in the EU: Return Hubs

Giovanni Bove · 15 min read · 27 August 2026
The Middle-Power Moment
Middle powers in a new world order

The Middle-Power Moment

European foreign policy should deepen cooperation with democratic middle powers to strengthen international law, economic resilience, and collective security through a strategy of principled realism amid intensifying great-power competition.

Xavier Heck · 7 min read · 18 August 2026
How effective have the EU’s Sanctions against Russia really been 
International Relations & Geopolitics

How effective have the EU’s Sanctions against Russia really been 

Since 2022, the European Union has imposed twenty packages of sanctions against Russia, which depicts the largest number of restrictive measures in EU history that have ever been made. More than 2,700 individuals and entities have been listed, and over €28 billion in private assets have been froz…

Sienna Leesberg · 4 min read · 14 August 2026
Uniting Europe Through Digital Activism
European Politics & Youth Activism

Uniting Europe Through Digital Activism

In an interview with EPIS, activist Milan discussed youth mobilisation, pro-EU activism, and social media’s role in politics. He addressed online disinformation, structural reforms like ending the EU Council veto, and stressed defending democracy and unity across Europe.

Alperen Celik · 3 min read · 05 August 2026
Berlin Campaign Conference 2025
Multilateralism

Berlin Campaign Conference 2025

How can traditional conservative parties survive amid declining voter bases, rising populism, and rapid digital change? Their threatened success depends on reframing political narratives, mastering new media tools, and adapting to shifting demographics with more emotionally resonant messaging.

Dmytro Sochnyev · 3 min read · 28 October 2025
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