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What It Takes to Build Peace Today
-In an era of escalating global instability, what does it truly take to move beyond short-term deterrence and build lasting, sustainable pea…
EPIS Magazine · Issue III
EPIS Magazine — Issue III
Democracy & Governance.
37 articles in this issue
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Rethinking the EU’s Expansion Dilemmas
Main question: How can the EU pursue geopolitically necessary enlargement without weakening its internal cohesion and governance capacity? A…
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Progressive EU Accession Path for Ukraine
Main question: How can the EU offer Ukraine meaningful integration benefits during a long pre-accession period without resorting to a politi…
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A Sectoral Roadmap to EU Integration
Main question: How can the EU advance cooperation and prevent loss of influence in Georgia, given structural incompatibility, political ambi…
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Strategic Association Treaty (SAT)
Main question: How can the EU enhance its strategic autonomy and competitiveness without causing internal deadlock through full membership e…
International Relations & Diplomacy
Strait of Hormuz
This essay aims to highlight the impact of the current blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on the EU, how it is managing, relatively, the crisi…
Climate Policy & Environment
EPIS Report on Climate Policy & Environment Issue III
Alisa Grunert Timeframe: 13/02/2026 – 13/02/2026 Germany · Climate Protection · Issue III Definition – Dear reader, given the growing presen…
Climate Policy & Environment
Resilient Roots: EU Tech Grants for Farmers
How can the EU accelerate climate tool adoption for smallholders in Africa and SE Asia without increasing financial risk? Loan-based models …
Climate Policy & Environment
Policy Incompatibility in the European Union
Do the monetary costs expected to be saved by businesses through simplification initiatives outweigh the possibly detrimental costs for envi…
Climate Policy & Environment
Hydro-Hegemony: Türkiye’s Leverage over Syria Iraq
How does Türkiye’s Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) transform upstream water control into geoeconomic leverage over Syria and Iraq? This …
Climate Policy & Environment
Water as an Instrument of War
Should the environment be used as an instrument of war ?
Climate Policy & Environment
Critical political ecology (CPE)
– The concept of critical political ecology highlights the link between the moral and practical concerns of the environmental movement and c…
International Relations & Diplomacy
EPIS 10: Security, Society and Sustainability
The interview discussed, among other topics, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the Green Party’s position on delivering weapons to…
International Relations & Diplomacy
Hedging Against Uncertainty
What is Hedging? Hedging is a foreign policy strategy of states against uncertainty. Hedging, although a contested concept, can help observe…
Security Policy & Defence
About Defence Readiness 2030
The article asks how the EU can achieve defense readiness by 2030 while reducing reliance on the US. It argues that Europe is finally respon…
International Relations & Diplomacy
Shifting Paradigms
The text asks whether Chinese experts’ long-held views of the EU as an economic stabilizer and nonrival are shifting. It argues that while m…
Security Policy & Defence
Taiwan Is Not Ukraine
Is Taiwan really the next Ukraine? Amid rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific, Lenaïg Deslandes challenges the increasingly common comparison …
International Relations & Diplomacy
Entering a New Phase of Geopolitical De-Risking
Can U.S. cities protect themselves from foreign influence? As Sino-U.S. sister city partnerships come under growing scrutiny, Vincent Sipeer…
Security Policy & Defence
Missing the Jungle for the Trees
How did US intelligence miss the warning signs of the Tet Offensive? Dmytro Sochnyev revisits one of the Vietnam War’s most consequential in…
International Relations & Diplomacy
When Supply Lines Become Fault Lines
Can Japan and South Korea keep the lights on amid Indo-Pacific tensions? As rising geopolitical frictions threaten critical maritime routes,…
International Relations & Diplomacy
Foresight Analysis for Policymaking in International Relations
Can policymakers really anticipate the future? As uncertainty defines today’s global politics, Jonatan von Moltke explores the rise of fores…
International Relations & Diplomacy
China 2049 vs. India 2047
What are the great power plans for the mid-21st century—and how do they differ? China and India are charting rival paths toward global influ…
International Relations & Diplomacy
How to Hug a Panda
China’s rapid rise has prompted an extensive reevaluation of national security, technological competition, and trade dependencies in the Wes…
International Relations & Diplomacy
Navigating Troubled Waters
The article discusses the current security challenges in the Black Sea region. The war in Ukraine has revealed vulnerabilities within NATO, …
Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity
Looking Out For Sovereignty
Facing a multitude of crises in an increasingly multi-order world, Europe is experiencing a politicisation of European security policy integ…
International Relations & Diplomacy
Geostrategic Aircraft Carrier
The paper examines Gotland’s strategic importance amid evolving regional security dynamics, focusing on its potential role in deterring conf…
Security Policy & Defence
Opinion Building About Israel-Palestine Conflict
The Israel-Palestine conflict is one of the most enduring and complex geopolitical issues in modern history. The conflict’s complexity makes…
International Economic Relations
The Effect of Double Tax Treaties On Foreign Relations
Double Tax Treaties influence the participating states’ tax revenue. In the past, they have been accompanying the rise and fall of diplomati…
International Relations & Diplomacy
Hiding in Plain Sight
Over the past years, open-source intelligence (OSINT) has gained increasing public attention. This background article analyses the power and…
International Relations & Diplomacy
EPIS Basics: Thucydides’ Trap
The text explores Thucydides’ Trap: rising power sparks war. Fear, honor, and interest are key motives for conflict. Creative diplomacy offe…
Climate Policy & Environment
Natural Resources
A recurring theme when it comes to natural resources is their perception as a curse or blessing for the countries that possess them. While s…
Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity
Future Combat Air Systems (FCAS)
Visionaries of European strategic autonomy have engaged in many initiatives to reduce European dependency on U.S. weapon technology. Most re…
International Relations & Diplomacy
Armament Supply For Ukraine
Whether Ukraine is supported by arms deliveries or whether this only prolongs a devastating war is a difficult question. Diplomacy does not …
International Relations & Diplomacy
Stop Further Schengenigans
New EU members shouldn’t agree to the same Schengen Accession rules that Romania and Bulgaria signed. It’s better for democracy.
Security Policy & Defence
Editorial EPIS Magazine Issue III
The issue is dedicated to the many problems that are spread across the globe. In this issue it was also important to us to show the other – …
Security Policy & Defence
EPIS Magazine Issue III
The issue is dedicated to the many problems that are spread across the globe. In this issue it was also important to us to show the other – …
International Relations & Diplomacy
Editorial: EPIS Magazine Issue VIII
Alvin Buerck & Yes SteningeOtto United States of America · Bilateralism & Multilateralism · Issue VIII BIRMANIA. ANNUS HORRIBILIS By Jokin d…