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Hybrid Security Regimes in Practice
Alliance Building

Hybrid Security Regimes in Practice

Hybrid security regimes are deliberate political strategies that expand state influence through flexible, state-aligned networks rather than relying solely on…

Oezlem Has · 8 min read · 22 July 2026
What Post-Brexit Britain Can Learn From the Past
Alliance Building

What Post-Brexit Britain Can Learn From the Past

Britain’s strategy has long relied on alliances, balancing Europe, and deterring Russia. Today, sustaining that approach requires adapting to new global…

Alastair Nicol · 8 min read · 14 July 2026
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International Cooperation

Priorisation matters: The Case for Grand Strategy

Interview on Grand Strategy Interviewers: Jolina-Zoe Zarda, Xerxes Hafezi Rachti Interviewee: Prof. Marina Henke, PhD About the interviewee: Marina Henke is…

Jolina Zarda · 8 min read · 03 July 2026
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AI Governance & Global Norms

Why Europe Can’t Go It Alone on Chips

Felix Thank you for agreeing to this interview. We’ve worked together on an academy on technological sovereignty. Before we start, let me say one or two…

Felix Heuner · 15 min read · 02 July 2026
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International Cooperation

From Medicine to Military Tech

From Medicine to Military Tech A Founder’s Journey Himmel: Dr. Andres, you are a doctor, and now you sell optics and advocate for the idea that “defence is a…

Theodor Himmel · 6 min read · 01 July 2026
Central Banks’ Geoeconomics
Data Security & Intelligence

Central Banks’ Geoeconomics

How do central banks and digital currencies, particularly the Digital Euro, shape geoeconomic competition and European integration? CBDCs have become tools of…

Andrea Guidotti · 1 min read · 01 July 2026
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Military Alliances

The Baltic Pivot

The Baltic Pivot: Poland’s Strategic Reorientation By Radosław BinkiewiczEPIS Think Tank – Report Group: Security Policy and Defence The article argues that…

Radoslaw Binkiewicz · 17 min read · 29 June 2026
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Military Alliances

What to Buy in the Future?

What to Buy in the Future? Recalibrating European Defence Spending to Decrease Structural Dependencies Executive Summary Europe has increased the volume of its…

Xerxes Hafezi Rachti · 12 min read · 29 June 2026
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Data Security & Intelligence

Intelligence as part of European grand strategy

Intelligence as a part of European grand strategy: a feasible future on a larger scale? Introduction Intelligence agencies help policymakers implement the…

Julia Konarzewska · 8 min read · 28 June 2026
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Military Alliances

Reconfiguring Europe’s Forward Presence:

Anna Lena Gansäuer Anton Hahn Draft V3, June 26, 2026 Reconfiguring Europe’s Forward Presence: Designing a Credible Eastern Flank Posture Amid Reduced…

Anton Hahn · 18 min read · 28 June 2026
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International Cooperation

A doctrine before a strategy

A doctrine before a strategy: Building the preconditions of European grand strategic reasoning The European Union confronts acute geopolitical pressure with…

Denisa Cepoiu · 11 min read · 28 June 2026
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Alliance Building

Investing in Security

Investing in Security: How EU Fiscal Rules Undermine European Strategic Autonomy – and What to Do About It By Patryk Borowski Introduction Europe has been…

Patryk Borowski · 10 min read · 28 June 2026
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International Agreements

Investment Arbitration’s New Architecture

Investment Arbitration’s New Architecture How UNCITRAL and ICSID reforms are reshaping investor–State dispute settlement The reform of investor–State dispute…

EPIS Staff · 13 min read · 26 June 2026
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Environmental Security

From Sovereignty to Sustainability

From Sovereignty to Sustainability: Natural Resources and Investment Protection in International Economic Law Natural resources represent a cornerstone of…

Flavia Orazi · 15 min read · 26 June 2026
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Non-Proliferation of WMDs

Strategic non-nuclear weapons and the NPT

Strategic non-nuclear weapons and the NPT: Revisiting the binary distinction of Article IX(3) The emergence of strategic non-nuclear weapons (SNNW) has blurred…

EPIS Staff · 13 min read · 26 June 2026
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Alliance Building

Legal Coalitions in a Multipolar World

Legal Coalitions in a Multipolar World How the EU can defend, repair and extend rules in a contested global order by Maximilian Schlenker By early 2026, the…

Maximilian Schlenker · 16 min read · 26 June 2026
Rise of the Rest
Bilateralism & Multilateralism

Rise of the Rest

In a time of geopolitical uncertainty whether grounded in historical ties, economic relations, pacts, treaties, or a combination of these. This article…

Lauren Mc Hugh · 11 min read · 10 May 2026
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Conflict Prevention

The Global Disorder Cycle

Main question: Is the world really oscillating between eras of recession and expansion, or is this logic purely linear and the result of chance? Argument: The…

Sacha Sikora · 1 min read · 10 May 2026
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Cyber Defence-Protection & Cooperation

From fragmentation to flexibility

How can the EU design digital infrastructure ensuring both security and civil rights for times of peace and crisis? The answer lies in resilience by design,…

Christian Maurice Bissinger · 13 min read · 07 May 2026
The Euro as an international currency
Trade Policy

The Euro as an international currency

– Should the ECB push the Euro internationally to incentivise smaller economies to take the Euro on as their anchor currency? – The general trend point towards…

Martin Indjov · 14 min read · 29 April 2026
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