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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 12:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[France and Sweden are moving far beyond a one-off arms deal. Stockholm’s €4.3bn order for four French-built Luleå-class frigates is becoming the anchor for a much broader defence partnership covering missiles, air defence, nuclear deterrence and possibly future combat aircraft.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Britain’s migration row is moving into a more dangerous phase as far-right activists shift their attention from asylum hotels to ordinary residential homes. The report shows vigilantes identifying houses used to accommodate asylum seekers, circulating addresses online and turning local anger into direct intimidation and violence.]]></description>
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<title>Eurasia’s Power Grab Hits a Wall – and Europe Is Still Exposed</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A fresh scramble for influence is under way across Eurasia, but no new superpower bloc is ready to replace the US-led order. China, Russia, India and Turkey all want more room to manoeuvre, yet each is boxed in by rivalries, economic limits and clashing strategic interests.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Germany’s old image as Europe’s stable, wealthy anchor is cracking fast. Friedrich Merz is struggling with dire approval ratings, infighting inside his CDU and an economy that has barely grown for six years. Meanwhile, the AfD is closing in on real political power as mainstream parties fail to offer voters a convincing route out.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Europe wants sovereign satellites, secure communications, stronger defence constellations and less dependence on foreign space giants. The RFI report shows the brutal catch: by 2030, the continent may not have enough rockets to launch what it says it needs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Europe’s extreme weather is no longer just an environmental problem. The Modern Diplomacy analysis argues that wildfires, floods, droughts and heatwaves are becoming a direct threat to public budgets – and governments are still treating them too much like one-off emergencies.]]></description>
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<title>Ceuta Exposes The Pact: Europe’s New Migration Machine Already Looks Shaky</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The EU’s new Migration and Asylum Pact was supposed to show that Europe had finally built a tougher, clearer and more predictable system. Then Ceuta happened. The EPC analysis argues that the Spanish enclave has become the first real stress test of the post-Pact era – and the early signs are not reassuring.]]></description>
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<title>NATO’s Infrastructure Blind Spot: Russia Knows Where Europe Is Weak</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[NATO is preparing for war with Russia, but CEPA warns that one of the Alliance’s biggest vulnerabilities sits outside the traditional battlefield. Europe’s ports, railways, energy grids, undersea cables, pipelines, satellite links and digital networks are now part of deterrence – and too many remain exposed.]]></description>
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<title>Greece’s Defence Bet: Europe’s Southern Flank Gets Serious</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Greece is no longer just buying French weapons. The ISDP brief argues that Athens is becoming a test case for Europe’s defence pillar – a country using French arms, French political guarantees and deeper industrial cooperation to build deterrence in the Eastern Mediterranean.]]></description>
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<title>Europe’s Energy Shield Still Has Cracks</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Europe is safer than it was during the 2022 gas panic – but TEPSA warns that safer does not mean secure. The EU has cut Russian gas, diversified suppliers, filled storage more professionally and accelerated clean-energy deployment. That is real progress.]]></description>
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