Economic Security
Sanctions Statecraft and Institutional Resilience in Europe
Sanctions are a test of administrative endurance, financial intelligence, and political discipline. Europe must build the institutional stamina to make them bite.
2026 Strategic Intelligence Reports
A complete shelf of current memoranda on European sovereignty, maritime industry, deterrence, sanctions design, and the geopolitical geometry of the Atlantic theatre.
Featured memorandum
Democratic Trust as a Condition of Soft Power Projection
Europe’s external influence depends on whether its institutions remain competent and credible. Democratic trust is a strategic asset, not a domestic concern.
Defence Economics
Defence Financing and the Fiscal Foundations of European Sovereignty
Europe cannot talk its way into strategic seriousness. Sovereignty in defence begins with durable fiscal design, long procurement cycles, and industrial continuity.
AI Diplomacy
Artificial Intelligence and the Diplomatic Profession
AI will not replace diplomacy, but it is reshaping tempo, hierarchy, and the informational advantage on which statecraft depends. Europe must embed it strategically.
Enlargement
Eastern Enlargement and the Elastic Boundaries of Europe
Eastern enlargement tests Europe’s civilisational confidence and strategic nerve. Vagueness about membership has costs; adversaries exploit the vacuum of deferred belonging.
Maritime Strategy
Maritime Industrial Capacity and the North Atlantic Security System
The Atlantic order depends on shipyards, repair cycles, and merchant resilience as much as fleets. Industrial stamina is the foundation of maritime security.
Cyber Strategy
Cyber Deterrence in the European Union, 2026
The EU excels at cyber regulation but struggles to think in deterrence terms. This analysis examines why cyber security is now a front line of European sovereignty.
Energy Security
Energy Security and Europe’s Geopolitical Pivot
Energy is no longer commodity policy; it is a core theatre of strategic competition reshaping Europe's sovereignty, industrial capacity, and freedom of action.
Atlantic Relations
The UK-USA Relationship After Brexit: From Sentiment to Strategic Utility
The Anglo-American relationship remains durable, but Brexit stripped away its brokerage premium. Britain must now demonstrate utility through intelligence, defence, and technology.
Strategic Autonomy
Strategic Autonomy After Ukraine: What Europe Can Mean by the Term
The war in Ukraine ended Europe's luxury of strategic vagueness. The continent oscillates between autonomy as doctrine and autonomy as industrial discipline.