Despite accelerating energy transition efforts, the world is well on track to overshoot the warming targets of the Paris Agreement. This could potentially lead to cascading and irreversible climate impacts. Geoengineering is increasingly floated as one of the solutions that could forestall the...

Despite accelerating energy transition efforts, the world is well on track to overshoot the warming targets of the Paris Agreement. This could potentially lead to cascading and irreversible climate impacts. Geoengineering is increasingly floated as one of the solutions that could forestall the...

Contestation dynamics have intensified in recent years, to the point they are now driving global politics. This shift is not only due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the resurgence of violent territorial conflicts worldwide, but also to the escalating rivalry between the United States and...

The EU has ambitious plans to become a hub of clean tech manufacturing. However, this is easier said than done, given China's dominance over clean tech supply chains. To regain the crown of industrial innovation, the EU must focus on the technologies of tomorrow. Perovskite solar cells,...

The EU has ambitious goals for accelerating the energy transition through locally manufactured technologies. However, Beijing's grip on the clean tech industry makes it difficult for the EU to go green without Chinese equipment or its extensive supply chains. China's advantage lies in government...

Coherent Resilience 2023 - Baltic (CORE 23-B) was a Tabletop Exercise on the energy system of the Baltic States with a focus on maritime critical energy infrastructure protection against hybrid threats. The Tabletop Exercise took place on 13-17 November 2023 in Riga, Latvia. The aim of the...

Coherent Resilience 2023 - Baltic (CORE 23-B) was a Tabletop Exercise on the energy system of the Baltic States with a focus on maritime critical energy infrastructure protection against hybrid threats. The Tabletop Exercise took place on 13-17 November 2023 in Riga, Latvia. The aim of the...

In recent years, Russia has resorted more and more frequently to military force to advance its foreign policy objectives. This overreliance on force, however, came with a price tag attached. Will Moscow continue with its combative stance?

The EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, known as the Brussels Dialogue, started in March 2011 with the aim to 'normalise' relations between the two parties, find solutions for long-standing disputes and, consequently, advance their prospects of European integration. The newly...

Although the need for a more coherent or strategic approach to the EU's security cooperation with third states is widely acknowledged, its operationalisation presents a number of challenges. Which third countries should the EU establish partnerships with, and on the basis of what criteria?