Analyses van het Global Policy Centre: commentaren, beleidsnotities, rapporten, opiniestukken, juridische adviezen en bijdragen aan organen van de EU en de VN.
Montenegro, Albania, Moldova and Ukraine now have indicative roadmaps. What they promise, what they condition, and what the Union must reform on its side.
Presented in November 2025, the European Democracy Shield promised to counter information manipulation and strengthen civic resilience. A first-year assessment.
The BBNJ Agreement is in force and its first Conference of the Parties must meet before 17 January 2027. The first high seas protected areas will test whether it works.
The Hanoi Convention needs 40 ratifications to enter into force. As the signature window closes, a stocktake of who has joined and what Europe should insist on in implementation.
High-risk obligations now apply from 2 December 2027 for standalone systems and 2 August 2028 for embedded ones. What the delay buys, and what it costs.
The Taliban's return to power leaves Afghanistan's neighbours facing refugee flows and a new rise of violent extremism, with few good options and little appetite to intervene.
Heatwaves do more than cause droughts. As they become more frequent, they threaten railways, roads and power grids that were never built for today's temperatures.
