Europe’s security is Poland’s top priority as it assumes the rotating EU Council presidency. But can Warsaw display credible leadership without deploying troops to Ukraine?

As the year draws to a close, experts reflect on the positives of 2024 and share their concerns for 2025.*

Rym Momtaz, Rosa Balfour, and Erik Jones examine how Europe is striving to refine its economic statecraft to adapt to the shifting geopolitical landscape.

The incoming Trump administration plans to focus on China while letting Europe fend for itself. Yet deprioritizing the transatlantic relationship could backfire, pushing Europe closer to Beijing and undermining U.S. interests in the long term.

A stronger NATO is essential to preserving peace through deterrence and defense, while addressing the security challenges and threats facing the transatlantic community. But how can the alliance dial up its defenses at a time of geopolitical upheaval and technological transformation?

After the fast disintegration of the Assad regime, the difficult reconstruction of the Syrian state is only just beginning. Meanwhile, Europe, Israel, Russia, Türkiye, and the United States have major stakes in Syria’s complex future.