Emerging Challenges 2026-07-15

Europe has spent years debating defense spending. The harder test now is whether money can become weapons fast enough.

Emerging Challenges 2026-07-14

Pyongyang's ties with Russia and China are turning sanctions pressure into new bargaining power.

Emerging Challenges 2026-07-13

What was once a frontier between the European Union and Ukraine is turning into a corridor for trade, refugees, reconstruction and political friction.

Emerging Challenges 2026-07-12

Moscow is widening its pressure campaign against Europe, but the turn to sabotage, drones and nuclear signaling points as much to limitation as leverage.

Emerging Challenges 2026-06-25

As Russian strikes keep testing Ukraine's power grid, decentralized wind and solar projects are becoming more than climate policy — they are a wartime survival strategy.

Emerging Challenges 2026-06-19

Subsea cables and pipelines are turning into strategic pressure points as NATO and the EU try to protect the infrastructure beneath modern economies.

Emerging Challenges 2026-06-18

A dispute over Ukraine's decision to honor a wartime nationalist group is testing one of Kyiv's most important partnerships as Russia continues to pressure Europe's eastern flank.

Emerging Challenges 2026-06-13

Russia's war weakened Europe's dependence on Moscow. The Hormuz crisis is now testing whether global markets have enough flexibility to absorb a broader disruption.

Emerging Challenges 2026-06-12

Xi Jinping’s rare visit to Pyongyang signals a deeper China-North Korea alignment, as Beijing balances nuclear tensions, Russian influence and rising pressure from the United States and its allies.

Emerging Challenges 2026-06-09

From cybercriminals crippling hospitals to mercenaries waging shadow wars, a new era of powerful non-state actors is operating outside the law to fundamentally threaten global security.