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War Without End: Russia’s Shadow Warfare
To secure its grip on power, Russia adopts Soviet practices coupled with modern tactics of covert influence, violence, and manipulation.
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December 16, 2025
Russia and China’s Shadow War in Europe
China and Russia share common interests: weakening US leadership, fracturing Western unity, and creating strategic paralysis across the democratic world.
December 16, 2025
High Stakes in the High North: Harnessing Uncrewed Capabilities for Arctic Defense and Security
Uncrewed systems are helping allies confront the rapidly changing security dynamics in the Arctic.
December 2, 2025
The Hybrid Threat Imperative: Deterring Russia Before it is Too Late
While Russia’s hybrid tactics are not new, their scale and sophistication in the digital age present unprecedented challenges.
November 19, 2025
War Without End: Russia’s Shadow Warfare
To secure its grip on power, Russia adopts Soviet practices coupled with modern tactics of covert influence, violence, and manipulation.
October 16, 2025
Portugal: Europe’s Best-Kept Digital Secret
Not long ago, Portugal was a digital backwater. Today, it is challenging digital frontrunners. Will it keep up the momentum?
September 30, 2025
Tech 2030: A Roadmap for Europe-US Tech Cooperation
A US-Europe tech partnership is key to independence from China.
September 9, 2025
A Limited Lifeline: Russia’s Role in China’s Energy Security
Russia is struggling to keep up with China’s expanding energy needs.
August 26, 2025
Sino-Russian Alignment Stopping at the Nuclear Threshold
Continued and potentially even strengthened Sino-Russian security coordination and military cooperation is to be expected in the years to come, driven by a shared anti-US sentiment and common concerns about regime security.
August 19, 2025
Sino-Russian Relations in Central Asia
While historically under the firm grip of Russian influence and soft power, China’s recent encroachments into Central Asian affairs have fundamentally shifted the region’s relationship with its two largest neighbors.
August 7, 2025
Mapping the Brussels Effect: The GDPR Goes Global
Europe’s data privacy rules set the global standard — and provoke transatlantic tensions.
August 7, 2025
The Encryption Debate
It is an old debate — security vs privacy. As countries seek access to sensitive data for national security, new rules may break encryption.
July 24, 2025
Strategic Friction: Indo-Pacific Curbs on China and Russia
The Indo-Pacific has become a theater of great power rivalry and a testing ground for the evolving relationship between China and Russia.
July 14, 2025
Sanctions Crunch Time: Russia’s Wish List vs. Transatlantic Resolve
As policymakers in Washington and Brussels face critical choices, understanding what Russia wants, who controls the levers of relief, and the implications of granting such relief are fundamental to crafting a coherent and effective policy response.
July 8, 2025
Sino-Russian Cooperation in the Arctic
Russia and China have been displaying increased military and security cooperation at the fringe of the Arctic.
June 30, 2025
Sino-Russian Convergence in Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference: A Global Threat to the US and Its Allies
Russian and Chinese foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) operations have a fundamental impact on hard power and national security as well
June 23, 2025
The Implications for Global Governance of China and Russia’s Post-2022 Alignment
The political alignment of China and Russia is best defined as a friendship rather than a classical alliance.
June 16, 2025
Going Steady: China and Russia’s Economic Ties are Deeper than Washington Thinks
There is a risk of underestimating the depth and mutual benefit of the economic partnership between Beijing and Moscow.
June 16, 2025
Partnership Short of Alliance: Military Cooperation Between Russia and China
The growing military-technical partnership between Russia and China has become an influential factor in shaping global security dynamics.
April 30, 2025
Defend in the Cloud: Boost NATO Data Resilience
Data is the “currency of warfare.” It drives innovation in logistics and weaponry, and therefore needs to be interoperable among allies.
April 24, 2025
Russia’s Strategy and Military Thinking: Evolving Discourse by 2025
Russian military thinkers have realized that the current Russian armed forces are far from what they should be for modern warfare.
April 14, 2025
Seas of Opportunity: Integrating Gas Markets from the Baltic to the Balkans
Ukraine has a unique opportunity to work with neighboring EU member states to integrate gas markets from the Baltic Sea to the Balkans at minimal cost.
April 7, 2025
Adaptation Under Fire: Mass, Speed, and Accuracy Transform Russia’s Kill Chain In Ukraine
US and NATO military planners must critical lessons from drone warfare in Ukraine to defend and deter against Russia and peer adversaries.
March 31, 2025
War and Sino-Russian Partnership: An Indispensable but Uneasy Relationship
Building on the United States’ economic and technological lead will be key in addressing the challenges of the China-Russia partnership.
March 19, 2025
Mapping the Brussels Effect
European Union digital regulations are spreading across the globe. CEPA is mapping where similar rules have been adopted or are under consideration, starting with the Digital Markets Act.
February 13, 2025
Recommendations for a Transatlantic China Policy
Part Seven: Although common or complementary US-European approaches to China could be a bridge too far, the stakes are such that it is worth exploring what a deal might look like.
February 13, 2025
A Post-Mortem for Transatlantic Clean Tech
Part Six: For the past four years, Europe and the US agreed on green goals while disagreeing on tactics. Trump’s re-election torpedoes this tentative rapprochement.
February 10, 2025
How to Win: A Seven-Point Plan for Sustainable Peace in Ukraine
CEPA’s International Leadership Council outlines key ideas for US and European policymakers to consider as new leadership starts to shape policy for Ukraine and beyond.
February 6, 2025
Chips War 2025
Part Five: Semiconductors power the digital economy. US and European industries are complementary — and need to join forces to beat China.
February 5, 2025
Addicted to War: Undermining Russia’s Economy
The West should revisit the sanctions plan and hit Russia’s economy where it’s most vulnerable.
February 4, 2025
Recalibrating Connectivity to Compete Against China
Part Four: China manipulates flows of information, goods, and critical materials. The West must respond.
January 30, 2025
Coming Together or Falling Apart Over China?
Part Three: Americans generally agree on the China Challenge. Europeans do not.
January 28, 2025
Defining the China Challenge
Part Two: Efforts to manipulate interdependence began in Beijing, not Washington or Brussels.
January 27, 2025
Meeting China’s Trade and Tech Challenge: How the US and Europe Can Come Together
Part One: China’s emergence as a tech and trade superpower threatens both the US and Europe. The allies are struggling to respond.
January 16, 2025
Between Now and NATO: A Security Strategy for Ukraine
While NATO membership is the strongest guarantee for Ukraine’s security, opportunities remain for the West and Ukraine to build a reliable defense.
December 5, 2024
Up North: Confronting Arctic Insecurity Implications for the United States and NATO
Geopolitics and strategic competition mean the Arctic security landscape is changing fast.
October 29, 2024
Europe 2029: Eight Policy Priorities for the New European Commission
The Commission will need to navigate a complex set of tasks, from financing the war effort and preparing for Ukraine’s reconstruction to defending against Russian hybrid aggression and embedding a strategy to withstand long-term conformation, all while pursuing difficult but necessary internal political and fiscal reforms.
October 16, 2024
Lost in Translation: Western Misconceptions about Putin’s Russia
It is in the West’s strategic interest to delegitimize Putin’s regime and bring about his departure from power, which could open a window for political change.
September 19, 2024
One Year In: The US Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery
Ukraine’s economy is a vital US interest, which requires consistent attention and leadership at the highest political level.
August 8, 2024
The Narrow Bottleneck of Ukraine-Russia Reconciliation
How past and present Russian actions impede the prospects for reconciliation with Ukraine.
April 18, 2024
Boosting Europe’s Digital Leaders: A New Momentum for the D9+
The D9+ should become a voice against protectionism and a positive messenger for an open digital economy, pushing Europe to meet its ambitious goals for the Digital Decade.
April 10, 2024
Resilience, Reconstruction, Recovery: The Path Ahead for Ukraine
How can the world achieve sustainable Ukrainian resilience, reconstruction, and recovery in the face of conflict?
February 13, 2024
Leadership in Action: Six Priorities for the Transatlantic Alliance in 2024
Secure Europe, Contain Russia, and Constrain China
January 31, 2024
Containing Russia, Securing Europe
Russia is at war with the West and its invasion of Ukraine has reshaped the geopolitical map. How can the West contain Russia’s ambitions and bolster European security?
January 25, 2024
Transatlantic Trade and Technology: Partners or Rivals?
The Trade and Technology Council has revived transatlantic purpose, but it faces an inflection point. Looming elections could stall progress.
December 12, 2023
In From the Cold: The Struggle for Russia’s Exiles
The new Russian diaspora – challenges and opportunities.
December 5, 2023
Encryption: It’s Not About Good and Bad Guys, It’s About All of Us
Most digital messages are encrypted to protect privacy and security. Governments around the globe seek to mandate access to and scan encrypted content. They should think again.
November 30, 2023
A New Vision for the Transatlantic Alliance: The Future of European Security, the United States, and the World Order after Russia’s War in Ukraine
The equation is simple. Europe is not secure if Ukraine is not secure, and the United States is not secure if Europe is not secure.
September 28, 2023
Preparing for a Successful Peace: Consolidating Corporate Governance in Ukraine’s Energy State-Owned Enterprises
Embedding proper corporate governance practices into Ukraine’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is key to cementing reforms.
September 28, 2023
Sea Change: Nordic-Baltic Security in a New Era
Prompted by Russia’s war in Ukraine, the countries of the Baltic Sea region are belatedly building coherent security architecture, but revanchist Russia poses grave challenges. Time is short.
September 27, 2023
An Urgent Matter of Drones
Russia’s war in Ukraine has revealed how important drones are in today’s warfare. NATO needs to adapt rapidly.
September 27, 2023
A European Home for Ukraine: Perspectives on the EU’s Enlargement Challenge from Berlin, Paris, and Warsaw
While Ukraine’s EU accession remains a shared aspiration across Europe, views differ on how and when accession should be accomplished.
September 26, 2023
Injecting Security into European Tech Policy
The US and European Union must work together to build a democratic vision for technology policy that puts innovation and competitiveness first.
August 10, 2023
Top European Energy Security Priorities for the Second Half of 2023
The Kremlin-engineered energy crisis posed unprecedented strategic, security, and energy challenges to the Transatlantic community.
July 25, 2023
Who is to Judge Mr. Putin?
Holding Vladimir Putin and his administration accountable for war crimes committed in Ukraine is both a diplomatic and a legal question.
July 20, 2023
Export Controls — The Keys to Forging a Transatlantic Tech Shield
A transatlantic tech shield requires a new, united vision for export controls and enacting the reforms necessary to make it a reality.
May 23, 2023
The Road to Chişinău: The European Political Community
How the European Political Community Can — and Cannot — Address the Wider Continent’s Conundrums
April 25, 2023
Transatlantic Community Must Unite to Address AI Risks and Opportunities
It is time for Europe, hand in hand with the United States and other democratic allies, to enforce AI regulatory frameworks that support democratic values and innovation.
April 10, 2023
Confronting China and Catching Up on Chips
The US and the EU are gearing up to spend large amounts of public funds to boost domestic semiconductor production. Success is far from certain.
April 6, 2023
Reform and Resistance: Georgia’s Path to EU Candidacy
Despite some progress, the Georgian government has not implemented reforms addressing the most significant problems highlighted by the European Commission.
April 5, 2023
Europe Upgrades its Cybersecurity Arsenal — Frightening the US
The EU’s emphasis on privacy in its mission to advance cybersecurity could drive a wedge between public and private partners.