Internationale Politik Quarterly

Why Europe Should Work Toward Managed Multipolarity US unipolar power politics and US-China strategic competition do not serve Europe. It must actively promote an alternative.

Europe needs to actively promote an alternative to US unipolar power politics and US-China strategic competition, which do not serve the EU.

New from @gesineweber.bsky.social: ip-quarterly.com/en/why-europ...

Why Europe Should Work Toward Managed Multipolarity US unipolar power politics and US-China strategic competition do not serve Europe. It must actively promote an alternative.

Don't want to read the US National Security Strategy? I have a nicer weekend read for you, hot off the press in @ipq.bsky.social:

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MAGA and Regime Change in Europe The new US foreign and security policy is often described as isolationist. But its activities in Europe are increasing: not in military terms, but in political ones.

"It’s true that, under Trump, US aspirations to shape the global order are decreasing. At the same time, its activities in Europe are increasing: not in military terms, but in political ones."

On MAGA & regime change in Europe: ip-quarterly.com/en/maga-and-...

A European Peace Plan for Ukraine US President Donald Trump seems prepared to bring Russia’s war against Ukraine to an end at almost any cost. The Europeans need to become more active players.

New from @dgap.org's Stefan Meister: As Donald Trump seems prepared to end Russia’s war against Ukraine at almost any cost, Europeans need to become more active players in the peace plan.

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A European Peace Plan for Ukraine US President Donald Trump seems prepared to bring Russia’s war against Ukraine to an end at almost any cost. The Europeans need to become more active players.

As US envoy Steve Witkoff heads for Moscow again, read Stefan Meister @meistefan1.bsky.social on why the Europeans need their own plan & become more active players ip-quarterly.com/en/european-...

Read @bertelsmannst.bsky.social's Jake Benford in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/missing-p...

Read @bertelsmannst.bsky.social's Jake Benford in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/missing-p...

Building Europe’s Drone Wall The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions. But there remains much uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.

New from @ljohnson.bsky.social: The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions, but there’s uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.

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Building Europe’s Drone Wall The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions. But there remains much uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.

New from @ljohnson.bsky.social: The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions, but there’s uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.

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Power Houses Architecture has always been an expression of how countries see themselves. Autocratic countries focus on gigantic projects at home and abroad, while democracies question their architectural styles.

New: @koerber-ip.bsky.social's Nora Müller explores how architecture is used for (geo)political purposes today—from autocratic countries’ preference for gigantic projects at home and abroad, to democracies’ focus on transparency, citizen participation, and openness.
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Power Houses Architecture has always been an expression of how countries see themselves. Autocratic countries focus on gigantic projects at home and abroad, while democracies question their architectural styles.

New: @koerber-ip.bsky.social's Nora Müller explores how architecture is used for (geo)political purposes today—from autocratic countries’ preference for gigantic projects at home and abroad, to democracies’ focus on transparency, citizen participation, and openness.
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The EU Summit set important impulses on the path to EU Sovereignty. Many concepts of our article made it into the mainstream debates…

It is definitely worth a read :)

The “European Way”: The EU’s Digital Turning Point The European Union needs a grand strategy for the digital age—a values-based alternative to American techno-capitalism and Chinese digital authoritarianism.

NEW from @katjamunoz.bsky.social and @kzenner.bsky.social: The European Union needs a grand strategy for the digital age—a values-based alternative to U.S. techno-capitalism and Chinese digital authoritarianism.

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Von der Leyen Steps Into the Breach Brussels’ latest bid to fill the European Union’s leadership void is taking place out of necessity. Paris, Berlin, and other capitals are currently too absorbed to take on the role.

To improve “the state of the union,” Ursula von der Leyen has no choice but to try to step up.

Read @rebeccawire.bsky.social's Brussels Briefing from our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/von-der-l...

Read @henninghoff.bsky.social's latest Berlin Cable: ip-quarterly.com/en/germanys-...

Hard Times for Soft Power US President Donald Trump promotes a brash new global credo which holds that might is right. Research shows, though, that how much good a country does can be just as important.

NEW from Simon Anholt: Even as Donald Trump promotes his brash credo that might is right, research shows that how much good a country does can be just as important.

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Beijing Showcases Its Global Order Pitch Chinese President Xi Jinping used the recent gathering of over 25 heads of governments in Beijing to launch a new phase of China’s efforts to change the world order. European states should take note.

Xi Jinping used the recent gathering of over 25 heads of governments in Beijing to launch a new phase of China’s efforts to change the world order.

European states should take note, @helenalegarda.bsky.social argues in our new issue.

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The EU needs an economic security council, @bigeurope.bsky.social’s Luuk van Middelaar & Hans Kribbe argue in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/eu-needs-...

The US-India Breakdown Creates an Opening for Europe Germany’s relationship with India is slowly improving, and so is Europe’s at large. President Donald Trump’s torpedoing of US-India ties offers an opportunity to enhance this relationship even further...

NEW from @barnabyjdye.bsky.social: Germany’s relationship with India is slowly improving, and so is Europe’s at large. President Donald Trump’s torpedoing of US-India ties offers an opportunity to enhance this relationship even further.

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Read Piotr Buras in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/drones-in...

Defending Europe’s Economic Security Europeans are feeling the “ground shifting beneath them,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said recently. In response, the EU needs to get better at safeguarding its economic securit...

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, @henninghoff.bsky.social writes in the editorial of our fall issue.

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Read Filip Medunić in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/germany-n...

On the geopolitics of the transatlantic tech stack, in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/dominance...

Beijing Showcases Its Global Order Pitch Chinese President Xi Jinping used the recent gathering of over 25 heads of governments in Beijing to launch a new phase of China’s efforts to change the world order. European states should take note.

Xi Jinping used the recent gathering of over 25 heads of governments in Beijing to launch a new phase of China’s efforts to change the world order.

European states should take note, @helenalegarda.bsky.social argues in our new issue.

ip-quarterly.com/en/beijing-s...

From our new issue, by @randeurope.org's Francesca Ghiretti: ip-quarterly.com/en/return-ec...

In our new issue, @jbenford-berlin.bsky.social examines how economic security is fast emerging as a strategic priority for Europe as a whole. But despite expanding partnerships with allies, its engagement with the UK is not as robust as it ought to be.

Read more: ip-quarterly.com/en/missing-p...

Europe’s Deepening Security Ties with the Philippines Since 2024, European countries and the EU have intensified military and security cooperation with the Philippines. Manila is emerging as a key partner in the Indo-Pacific.

Since 2024, the EU has intensified military and security cooperation with the Philippines. In a new piece, @barrosbryce.bsky.social examines Manila’s emergence as a key European partner in the Indo-Pacific.

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Shockwaves Made in China Beijing’s brute-force push in technology and industry is doing more than triggering a second “China shock.”

New from @merics.bsky.social's Jacob Gunter & @mikkohuotari.bsky.social: Beijing’s brute-force technology push is doing more than triggering a second “China shock”; it is submerging global markets and pulling under Europe’s industrial competitiveness.

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IPQ Debate - Defending Europe’s Economic Security IPQ Debate

In case you were unable to join our Monday debate on Defending Europe’s Economic Security, you can watch the full playback here: dgap.org/en/mediacent...

In our fall issue, @lucyaash.bsky.social writes about Ukrainian artists & the ongoing war: ip-quarterly.com/en/ukraines-...