CEPA’s online journal covering critical topics on the foreign policy docket across Europe and North America.
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April 8, 2026
Zelenskyy’s Drone Diplomacy Wins New Arab Friends
Behind the headlines of his Middle Eastern trip, Ukraine’s leader has underlined Ukraine’s nimble and quick-witted diplomacy.
April 8, 2026
Hungary’s Orbán Unleashes His ‘Digital Infantry’
As Viktor Orbán seeks to extend his 16-year premiership, a flood of hostile material seeks to paint the opposition as disloyal.
April 7, 2026
Hungary’s Election: It’s the Villages, Stupid
Understanding Hungarian politics means looking beyond Budapest. As the country nears its watershed April 12 election, the countryside is in sharp focus.
April 7, 2026
Hungary’s Moment of Truth
What will happen when Hungarians vote on April 12? What comes after that? These questions loom before Hungary’s most contested elections yet.
April 4, 2026
Why Ukraine Needs More Millionaires and Fewer Billionaires
Post-war Ukraine will need more than peace to hold social fabrics together and prosper, as Gen. David Petraeus recently explained.
April 3, 2026
Ukraine’s Technology Shield Gets Better and Better
Innovation from four years of war has given Ukraine a layered defensive system centered around technology.
April 2, 2026
The ‘Meloni Model’ Won’t Tame France’s Populist Right
France and Italy are profoundly different nations with different political cultures, whatever some people might imagine.
April 1, 2026
Hesitation Risks Escalation: Europe and Russia’s Shadow War
The West has failed to stop Russia’s shadow war. CEPA assessed the steps needed to restore credible deterrence.
April 1, 2026
Europe’s Next Catastrophe Will Be No Accident
Russia’s shadow war in Europe is escalating. Allies need a new strategy before it’s too late.
April 1, 2026
Will the Caspian Region Be Drawn Into the Iran War?
There are significant risks for the South Caucasus and Europe from the possible spread of the US-Israeli war with Iran.
April 1, 2026
Cyber Warfare 101: Bluff Don’t Tell
Uncertainty is leverage in cyber conflict. Iran possibly diluted its threats of electronic devastation by demonstrating how little it can do.
March 30, 2026
Pollution and Power Cuts: Russia Targets Moldova
The Kremlin has not ended its efforts to subvert and capture Moldova, as recent events make clear.
March 30, 2026
Europe’s Porous Air Defenses Unmasked by Iran War
Images of French and British fighters using high-tech air-to-air missiles to destroy Iranian attack drones may give the appearance of strength, but it betrays a serious weakness.
March 30, 2026
Putin Tells Billionaires to Fill the Begging Bowl
There is no sense of rejoicing in the Kremlin, even as the oil price soars and revenues rise.
March 27, 2026
A Playbook to Clear the Strait of Hormuz
The US and allies have recent experience working together in maritime choke points that should be considered in any operation close to Iran.
March 26, 2026
Croatia’s ‘City of Heroes’: A Warning From the Past
Thirty five years after the siege of Vukovar, and the atrocities committed by Serbs under Slobodan Milošević, the search for justice continues.
March 26, 2026
Moscow’s Plasticine Man Comes to Washington
The Russian parliamentarians now arriving in the US have very little influence back home. Their trip has another purpose.
March 26, 2026
Europe’s Democratic Backsliding Is Spreading Like Malware
The danger is not only that Slovakia is becoming Hungary. It is that Orbán’s style of politics is prevailing across all of Europe.
March 25, 2026
Putin Demands More Efficient Military Corruption
Changes at the top of the defense hierarchy reveal old-style graft and pressure to raise military spending efficiency.
March 25, 2026
Russia’s Gray Man Makes His Move
Putin’s defense minister is confounding his critics and winning greater power in Russia’s murky despotism.
March 24, 2026
Russia: Give Me Your Poor, Your Starving Masses
The Kremlin is hard-wired to spot opportunity amid chaos. War-related food shortages provide an unexpected bonus.
March 20, 2026
US Defense Demands are Making Europe Less Biddable
The US has long wanted Europe to strengthen its defenses, but Washington may now wonder if its new-look partner will emerge as what it wished for.
March 20, 2026
Ukraine’s World-Beating Combat Library Opens for Business
After more than a decade of war, Ukraine has unparalleled data on modern warfare, which it is making available for military AI development.
March 20, 2026
The Value of a Europe-Friendly US Congress
Europeans don’t always understand the US separation of powers and how they benefit from deep-rooted friendships in Washington.
March 19, 2026
NATO Awakens in the High North
NATO forces are moving north. What does that mean for deterrence and the role of modern technology in a changing Arctic?
March 19, 2026
Europe Cannot Hide From a World of Barroom Brawls
After repeated threats to its sovereignty, Europe promised to step up if a new danger arose. The Middle East war exposed the lie.
March 19, 2026
A New Russian Game on the Borders of the Baltics
We should care about Russian provocations but it’s extremely important how we care.
March 18, 2026
A US Kosovo Pull-Out? The Wrong Move at a Bad Time
Reports say Washington is considering the withdrawal of US forces from the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR), sparking pushback in Washington and across Europe.
March 17, 2026
Romania Makes Allies Great Again
War makes strange allies (and opponents), as the US administration discovered in Romania.
March 17, 2026
Sausage and the Language of Belarusian Dictatorship
Despite being freed by the Belarusian dictatorship, Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski says the West should recognize hostage diplomacy as a dead end.