Europe
Europe remains a central arena for global diplomacy, economic coordination, and security cooperation. Despite the achievements of the European Union, the region faces rising polarization, pressure from external actors, and ongoing strategic uncertainty. GCIRD analyzes these trends and their implications for Europe’s position in the world.
French Nuclear Deterrence and Europe’s New Strategic Order
France’s 2026 nuclear speech marks a more explicit European turn in its deterrence posture without abandoning sovereign control. The shift is strategically important...
April 20, 2026
France’s Delayed Rearmament
France’s 2026 update to the Military Programming Law improves the credibility of defense planning by funding capabilities that had long been under-resourced. Yet...
April 20, 2026
Europe’s Rearmament Problem
Europe is spending more on defence, but FCAS shows why money does not translate automatically into power. The project’s crisis is less about...
February 24, 2026
The New Politics of Industrial Readiness
Additive manufacturing is becoming a question of industrial readiness. For SMEs, the strategic value is not novelty but response: qualified parts, faster redesign,...
February 23, 2026
The Allies Without America
The postwar alliance system rested on the presumption of sustained American engagement. As that presumption weakens, allies confront the difficult task of redefining...
February 20, 2026
The Fracturing Nuclear Order and the Return of Strategic Uncertainty
For decades, the United States anchored a nuclear order that restrained proliferation and managed great power rivalry. As arms control collapses and allies...
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February 19, 2026
The Strategic Unraveling of the Global Commons: Space–Maritime Entanglement in 2025
Growing turbulence in the maritime and space domains is reshaping strategic competition, as disruptive tactics, fragile infrastructure and shifting industrial power undermine long-standing...
December 7, 2025
How the EU Rewires Supply Chains in a Fragmenting Trade System?
Global trade is no longer a neutral marketplace but a field organised around geopolitical blocs and security concerns. For an exceptionally open economy...
December 7, 2025
Global South Leadership and the Emerging Developmental Regime for AI Governance
Johannesburg’s G20 summit marked a turn toward treating artificial intelligence as part of a broader development and infrastructure project led by emerging economies....
December 7, 2025
Long Rates in a Fragmented Global Economy
Global long-term interest rates are rising as inflation proves sticky, foreign yields climb, and the United States economy shows more resilience than expected....
December 6, 2025
