CEPA’s online journal covering critical topics on the foreign policy docket across Europe and North America.
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December 19, 2025
Europe Rescues Ukraine, Sort Of
“The greatest treason,” wrote the poet TS Elliot, is “to do the right deed for the wrong reason.”
December 19, 2025
Preparing to Confront Russia’s Shadow Fleet
Europe needs to share intelligence and exploit legal “gray zones” to tackle Russia’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet.
December 18, 2025
Why Russia’s Shadow Fleet Sails Unhindered
Russia is developing a steadily more aggressive shadow war campaign against Baltic Sea countries, but there’s been little response.
December 18, 2025
Frozen: Europe Struggles to Agree Ukraine Lifeline
The dispute over €210bn of Russia’s reserves frozen in Europe is entering a decisive phase.
December 18, 2025
Counting the Cost of Putin’s Assault on Ukraine’s Biosphere
Any peace settlement has to include compensation for Russian damage to Ukraine’s environment, alongside reparations for lost lives and property since 2014.
December 17, 2025
Ukraine’s Long-Range Strikes: Photogenic But…
Ukraine has increased the number of long-range attacks on Russia, but there are questions about the campaign’s effectiveness.
December 16, 2025
Émigrés in Putin’s Crosshairs
As 2026 nears, Russian authorities are preparing a new, large-scale attack on political emigrants.
December 16, 2025
Germany: Europe’s New Security Leader
As the US pulls away from confrontation with Russia, Berlin is moving fast to fill the gap.
December 15, 2025
Europe After the US Decoupling: Change or Be Damned
What Washington now presents as strategic recalibration is the overdue recognition of a transatlantic relationship that has already changed.
December 15, 2025
Plus-Minus: America’s National Security Strategy in 10 Points
The dust has settled after transatlantic turbulence over US strategy.
December 15, 2025
Joy Division: Belarus
Good news on political prisoners masks alarming geopolitical shifts.
December 12, 2025
European NATO’s Warriors and Peaceniks
Although NATO has agreed new long-term defense spending objectives, some are enthusiasts and some are not.
December 11, 2025
Why Russia is So Resilient
Outsiders have misread the Russian system and why it functions despite the pressures of wartime.
December 11, 2025
How Russian Drone Developers Outpace the West
Russia’s Geran attack drones have morphed from crude versions of Iranian Shahed UAVs into an affordable and flexible strike system, with deadly results.
December 11, 2025
2026 — Europe’s Year of Living Dangerously
Russia will step-up its shadow war on Europe in the New Year, attacking infrastructure and disrupting democracy in a bid to exploit Western disunity.
December 9, 2025
Sakharov — A Russian Hero for Our Time
Andrei Sakharov was one of the greatest Russians of all time and lived a life that stands as a contrast and rebuke to Vladimir Putin. His voice needs to be heard.
December 9, 2025
A Russian Hangover: Ukraine Fights the Corruption Legacy
Ukraine’s corruption investigations have reached the President’s inner circle and claimed his right-hand man. Why is Russian-style graft so hard to extinguish?
December 8, 2025
Britain — Dangerously Exposed Before the Blizzard
European countries are rearming fast, but the UK is continuing to bury its head in the sand. It’s time to join our European allies and get serious about defense.
December 8, 2025
Macron, Pandas, and Ping Pong
The French leader’s visit to China produced little to proclaim but there were intriguing hints about off-the-record discussions.
December 5, 2025
Awake Now? The US and Europe
The new US National Security Strategy is surprising only for those determined to ignore reality.
December 5, 2025
The US Must Beware the Deepening China-Russia Axis
Beijing is constructing an ever-deepening technological alliance with Moscow. The US should be worried.
December 4, 2025
Taiwan and Ukraine: Joined at the Hip
The two embattled democracies cannot be surrendered. They are simply too important to be sacrificed to global authoritarianism.
December 4, 2025
A Drone Wall Without Ukraine? A Barricade Lacking Bricks
To defend NATO’s airspace Europe must make Ukraine an integral part of its defenses from the outset.
December 3, 2025
A Strategic Trap? The Outline Ukraine Peace Deal
Europe and Ukraine must work hard to avoid a bad peace that puts the continent’s security at risk from Russia.
December 2, 2025
The Fragility of the Deal: Why Details Matter in Ukraine’s Endgames
Peace deals are an endpoint, but they are also the starting point for what comes next. Ukraine must take great care in what it agrees to.
December 2, 2025
A Rebirth in Flame: Ukraine’s Beleaguered Energy System
Russia’s relentless assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and a crisis of governance promise a cold winter. But there is hope ahead.
December 1, 2025
Putin’s Sanctions Demands Doomed to Disappointment
The vast web of measures that ensnare the Russian economy will not easily be removed, even if the West acts in unison.
December 1, 2025
The Baltic: A NATO Lake With Crocodiles
Is the Baltic now a NATO lake? Changing strategic geography, and the accession of Sweden and Finland to alliance membership might make it seem so, but the reality is more fraught.
December 1, 2025
Stoppardian Genius: RIP
The Czechoslovak-born playwright Tom Stoppard immortalised resistance to Communist censorship.
November 26, 2025
Seize Russia’s Money — Stop Dithering
The continent says Ukraine’s survival is an existential issue but then risks everything by failing to make swift decisions.