… writes a seasoned EU diplomat who‘s been working on the Iran dossier for years.

Etienne Höra & Arthur Leichthammer in our new issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/red-lines-a…

The narrow presidential election win of Karol Nawrocki in Poland has made Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s work much harder. Read Piotr Buras on how Tusk’s foreign policy agenda is now under threat: ip-quarterly.com/en/tusks-forei…

This is an important text that holds many lessons for other transatlantic partners (-> Merz)

Time to tackle the "what if" question. Could Europe trust France on defense if it is run by a President Le Pen or Bardella? 👉 Latest column lnternationale Politik Quarterly ip-quarterly.com/en/why-le-pen-…

New Brussels Briefing: Ursula von der Leyen, Emmanuel Macron, and Friedrich Merz are Europe’s anchors, Rebecca Christie writes. Can they put together a new EU budget in the face of Trump and populism? ip-quarterly.com/en/who-you-cal…

NEW: Dubai already shows what a post-Western world will look like. However, Lukas Paul Schmelter writes, it only functions based on the remnants of the liberal world order. ip-quarterly.com/en/dubai-harbi…

Donald Trump is trying to impose a new model for trade and investment on the world—and despite his penchant for denouncing globalism, it’s as globalist as the old one, Harold James writes. ip-quarterly.com/en/perverse-gl…

‘It would be fatal if the current flurry of Trumpian diplomacy fosters the impression – at least in London and Berlin – that someone else will once again solve Europe’s security problems,’ argues Henning Hoff, lnternationale Politik Quarterly britainsworld.org.uk/p/the-big-ask-… #BritainsWorld #BigAsk

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has started an untimely—and ill-informed—debate about “German boots on the ground in Ukraine,” making clear that a more strategic and coherent foreign policy is still a long way off, Henning Hoff writes. ip-quarterly.com/en/will-german…

We are thrilled to announce that Henning Hoff and Prof. Nobukatsu Kanehara are joining us as International Fellows! Read the full announcement here: geostrategy.org.uk/news/two-new-i…

NEW: History shows that long-term conflicts tend to work to the underdog’s advantage & has dramatic consequences for the aggressor. That’s why Europe in particular should dramatically expand military aid to Ukraine, John R. Deni & Elisabeth Nielsen argue. ip-quarterly.com/en/case-war-wh…

Coming next week, our fall issue: Defending Europe’s Economic Security. Featuring… Lucy Ash Luke Johnson (ljohnson.bsky.social) Luuk van Middelaar Hans Kribbe Bernd Lange Rebecca Christie Helena Legarda FMedunic Henning Hoff Jacob Ross Anand Menon Jannike Wachowiak and more!

In our new issue, @bigeurope's Luuk van Middelaar and Hans Kribbe argue that the EU is ill-equipped to deal with emerging geoeconomic dilemmas and propose a solution: an economic security council. ip-quarterly.com/en/eu-needs-ec…

New in our fall issue: RAND Europe's Francesca Ghiretti on the European Union’s need to bring economic statecraft into its foreign policy wheelhouse. ip-quarterly.com/en/return-econ…

"Von der Leyen has become the face of EU surrender, of a union powerless in the face of ever-growing global threats. It is an ironic position to be in for someone so obsessed with amassing power within the institution she controls" My IPQ profile of VDL: ip-quarterly.com/en/ursula-von-…

As part of our five-year anniversary, today we launched Close-Up, a profile series. Up first: Dave Keating on Ursula von der Leyen, the notoriously controlling European Commission president, a year into her second term. ip-quarterly.com/en/ursula-von-…

How should 🇬🇧 cultivate the Coalition of the Willing? We asked 7 experts in today’s #BigAsk ✍️ Przemysław Biskup, Maria Piechowska, Henning Hoff, Philippe Lefevre, Victoria Vdovychenko, Richard G Whitman, Stefan Wolff #BritainsWorld britainsworld.org.uk/p/the-big-ask-…

🗣️ ‘Of the many options to develop the coalition further, one seems particularly worthwhile at present – strongly encouraging 🇩🇪 to play its full role,’ argues Henning Hoff, International Fellow #BigAsk #BritainsWorld britainsworld.org.uk/p/the-big-ask-…

As Europeans feel the “ground shifting beneath them ” (as Ursula von der Leyen said recently), the EU needs to get better at safeguarding its economic security, Henning Hoff writes in the editorial of our fall issue. ip-quarterly.com/en/defending-e…