To effectively tackle shared geopolitical challenges, the EU and Britain must forge a deeper foreign policy partnership. This will require overcoming political mistrust and resolving thorny issues through compromise.

Large language models are transforming how humans acquire and interpret information, raising pressing ethical concerns. To mitigate the related risks, policymakers should promote digital AI literacy and develop tools to understand the inherent biases of generative AI tools.

In 2024, a series of elections reinforced EU concerns about the fragility of European democracies. This, coupled with intensifying conflict dynamics and authoritarian trends worldwide, led the EU to focus on protecting democracy at home at the expense of supporting it globally.