Summer Greetings From Strategic Europe
Carnegie Europe’s Strategic Europe blog is taking a three-week break. In the meantime, take a look at our recent summer reading suggestions and a host of other Carnegie content.
by Judy Dempsey
Carnegie Europe’s Strategic Europe blog is taking a three-week break. In the meantime, take a look at our recent summer reading suggestions and a host of other Carnegie content.
Dear readers,
After a very exciting seven months of writing about so many issues affecting Europe, our bloggers will be signing off for a summer break beginning Monday, August 5. We will be back on Monday, August 26.
That doesn’t mean you will have nothing to read for the coming weeks. If you missed it, take a look at the series we published in July in which ministers, diplomats, writers, and journalists told us about their favorite books. There are some real gems in the list.
For film buffs, on August 27 and 29 we will be publishing a miniseries entitled “Carnegie at the Movies,” an eclectic list of “political cinema” chosen by scholars from across the five Carnegie centers.
And don’t forget to dip into the main Carnegie Europe website, as well as the other Carnegie center sites for some fine regional analysis from our colleagues in Beijing, Beirut, Moscow, and Washington.
We wish you a wonderful summer.
Judy Dempsey and Jan Techau
The second term of U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing Europeans to strengthen their capacity for collective action. But their biggest challenge comes from within: U.S.-backed radical-right parties that want to weaken the EU.
Tech giants are increasingly able to wield significant geopolitical influence. To ensure digital sovereignty, governments must insist on transparency and accountability.
The Western Balkans’ defense industry offers Europe a chance to strengthen its security. But to become net contributors, governments across the region must modernize their militaries, attract investment, and gradually integrate into the EU’s defense initiatives.
Despite holding significant leverage, the EU remains sidelined in ongoing diplomacy around the Gaza peace plan. How can the union overcome internal divisions to take a more active role?
Europe is paralyzed, crippled by a lack of strategic vision, the surge of far-right forces, and the multiplication of caretaker governments. To achieve the union’s geopolitical ambitions, EU member states must first respond to their citizens’ daily concerns.
