The EU Council meeting on 19-20 March will address major ongoing challenges on both the EU’s foreign and domestic agenda. On the external front, progress on two of the EU’s flagship initiatives on ...

Wellbeing has always been a cornerstone of the European project. Since the Green Deal and the Just Transition Mechanism, it has also been central to the EU’s sustainability agenda. The 8th ...

CEPS is saddened to learn of the passing of its long-standing board member Etienne Davignon. He had been a member of the CEPS board for over 30 years and played an important role in the governance of ...

The European economy is large enough to close the big transatlantic gap in defence spending: if NATO members were to meet the 3.5% spending target, total European defence expenditure would approach US ...

The December 2025 OSF–CEPS roundtable created space for a conversation on the strategic potential of secondary critical raw materials (CRM) in the Western Balkans. This follow-up event moves from ...

CEPS is stepping up its research on innovation policy in Europe and today, we’re launching something new. The CEPS R&D Perspectives is a series of thought pieces by leading scholars, scientists, ...

While many health outcomes, such as disease surveillance, pandemic preparedness, and scientific knowledge, possess ...

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and destabilising actions by the second Trump administration have pushed ...

Webinar on Zoom Concerns about the possibility of a Russian kinetic or hybrid attack against one or more European allies, ...

A small but remarkable new piece in the fragmenting and evolving world order is emerging. The European Political Community ...

The US National Security Strategy, published in late 2025, suggested that Europe was facing ‘civilisational erasure’ or, in ...

At Davos in January 2026, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a widely applauded speech, arguing that the world’s ...