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Time to ban TikTok in the EU
In mid-2020, a lethal clash occurred between Indian and Chinese troops in the border region of Ladakh. Soon after, India charged the digital front, banning dozens of Chinese mobile applications and declaring them harmful to Indian sovereignty and security. One of these apps, with more than 200 million active users, was TikTok. After the ban, the Chinese-owned […]
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What will it take to feel safe in the EU?
In difficult circumstances, as Europe first faced the Covid-19 pandemic that led to a severe health crisis, followed by the war in Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis, high inflation and a cooling economy, adding to the consequences of the war in the Middle East and the ever-increasing migratiory pressure, it is crucial to ask […]
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Should Europe Send Troops to Ukraine?
President Macron stating that Europeans may consider sending troops to Ukraine is a psychological shock for Europeans. It brings war one step closer to kitchen tables. But is it feasible from a battlefield perspective? Mostly because of Moscow’s extreme “denazification” goals, there are only two ways out of this conflict right now: Russia’s victory or […]
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Gary Deakin
Major General (ret.) Gary Deakin is a former British Army Officer. He also spent time at NATO, notably as Chief of Staff Plans at NATO Naples from 2018 to 2021. He is a Board Advisor at OPEWI – Europe’s War Institute.
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Juha Vauhkonen
Rear Admiral (ret.) Juha Vauhkonen is a former Officer in the Finnish Defence Forces. From 2016 to 2020, he also served as Military Representative to the EU and NATO in Brussels. He is a Board Advisor at OPEWI – Europe’s War Institute.
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Matúš Babulík
Matúš Babulík is a General Intern at the Martens Centre. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Master’s Degree in International Relations from University of Economics in Bratislava. Before joining the Martens Centre, he completed internships in the European Parliament and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia. His main areas of interest are EU enlargement […]
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Erik Swärdh
Erik Swärdh joined the Martens Centre as a General Intern in April 2024. Before joining the Martens Centre, he worked as a Trainee at the EPP Group’s Press Directorate in the European Parliament, focusing on preparatory work on press and communication as well as monitoring policy development in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and […]
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Ernest Su
Ernest Su joined the Martens Centre in April 2024. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in political science from National Taiwan University while having also studied as exchange student at King’s College London, UK, and the University of Tübingen in Germany. He graduated cum laude from the Masters of European Studies at KU Leuven, Belgium. Prior […]
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Michele Pertosa
Michele Pertosa is the European View Research and Editor intern at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies. During his former role in the European Commission Joint Research Center in Ispra, he focused on technology, security and defence policies in the context of European Strategic Autonomy. As a former public sector analyst at Deloitte Consulting […]
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Video Op-Eds | Ep. 6: 3 Practical Priorities for Policymakers on Gender Equality
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Brussels, my love? Is Europe ready for Trump in the White House?
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Why do millennials keep failing at political leadership?
Remember Matteo Renzi? In May 2014, The Guardian asked if the then 39-year-old centre-left Italian prime minister was “the man to save Europe’s soul?” Turns out he wasn’t even the man to save his own job. By the end of 2016 he became just another name in an ever-expanding list of former Italian leaders. Signor Renzi was, in fact, just the prototype for […]
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Will the Local Elections Be a Breakthrough for Türkiye’s Politics?
In May 2023, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, along with his Justice and Development Party (AKP) and his ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), defied all odds and the wishful thinking of the Western mainstream media to secure another term as President of Türkiye. This demonstrated that Erdoğan remains the most prominent political figure in Turkish politics […]
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Migration Update March 2024
Welcome to the Migration Update March 2024. This curated news selection brings together many of the most important developments in the migration policy area over the last month, including recent ones tied to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The purpose of these news summaries is to provide a factual base for migration debates within the […]
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What is Theresa May’s Brexit Legacy?
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Activity Report 2023
Reflecting on the past year, it seems to me that the best word to describe 2023 is “turbulent”. While the war in Ukraine continued to cast a long shadow and question the very foundations of European security, other challenges, such as the energy crisis and rising inflation, tested the economic and social fabric of our […]
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Benedetta Panchetti
Dr Benedetta Panchetti is a lecturer at Mercatorum University, Rome, and a member of the ASAFAL Interuniversity Center for Comparative Area Studies: Asia, Africa, Latin America. She also works as a consultant at a service centre for immigrants in Florence.
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Trapped in an EU of Central Governments? The Future of EU Cross-Border Regions
The borderless European Union (EU) created by European integration is, in truth, still characterised by numerous borders of various kinds. Whilst EU Member States’ boundaries have undoubtedly changed their meaning and function, from lines of separation to bridges, national borders have de facto never disappeared. To date, 40% of EU territory is constituted of border […]
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March 2024
In March, the European People’s Party Congress took place in Bucharest! The Martens Centre was part of the action with numerous panel discussions and sideline interviews featuring centre-right policymakers, experts, and private sector actors!
In other news: This month we also published our ‘7Ds for Sustainability – Defence in Depth’ which brings together […]
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Next for Europe: Defining its own Battlefield Tactics – The European View Podcast with Michael Benhamou
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Dispatch from Kyiv
Travelling to Kyiv in 2024 requires a 24 hour trip through 3 different means of transportation. Only 2 and a half years ago, this would’ve been dismissed as pure fiction. But here I was, with a delegation of 30 people from different parts of Europe and the US flying to Warsaw, followed by a 4 […]