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Russia threat exposes Europe’s infrastructure risks

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EU

Critical infrastructure is an attractive target, given the difficulty of attributing such attacks and the lack of immediate fatalities, which reduces the likelihood of escalation…

Europe’s Three Seas Initiative will make slow progress

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EUROPE

The war in Ukraine has highlighted 3SI, a project that aims to raise investment in Central-Eastern Europe, as a means to build resilience on the eastern flank of the EU and NATO…

EU-US alignment on tech governance is rising

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EU/US

The proposal is part of the EU’s wider effort to make Europe ‘fit for the digital age’ and align the bloc with other major democracies, particularly the United States, on…

EU tech controls on China will not toe US line

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EU

This has led the EU to adopt tools and risk assessments for controlling China’s access to European ‘critical technologies’. These moves are driven by sectional European…

COVID-19 strengthens EU drive for economic sovereignty

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EU

EU economic sovereignty.

Ivanovic killing may slow EU path of Kosovo and Serbia

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KOSOVO/SERBIA

The prominent ethnic Serb politician’s assassination has shaken Kosovo. It is unclear which of Ivanovic’s many enemies ordered the killing. His death complicates Kosovo’s…

Eastern EU must now scrutinise Chinese investment more

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EU/CHINA

Shifts in Chinese investment in Central-Eastern Europe.

Business response will define Germany’s China strategy

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GERMANY

The strategy is an attempt to define a more coherent approach towards China, taking into account changes in China’s foreign and domestic policies. While being strongly critical of…

Critical EU report on Turkey may trigger 'Turexit'

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EUROPE/TURKEY

Turkey's faltering EU accession process looks more at risk than ever, following Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn's warning that Ankara had "clearly chosen to move away from…

Moldova and Ukraine to upgrade cross-border links

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MOLDOVA/UKRAINE

Chisinau is pursuing an overhaul of critical cross-border infrastructure. Modernising railway and road networks could provide neighbouring Ukraine with another corridor to the EU…