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Europe’s Suez moment

With US president Trump living up to his campaign promise to quickly end the war in Ukraine through what Ukraine and Europe fear would be a Russian peace without their involvement, Europe collectively faces its 21st century Suez moment.

21/02/2025

Marc De Vos

Governance

Webinar

Can the EU be a true superpower? | EuropeChats with Jim Cloos and Marc De Vos

This episode of EuropeChats is a discussion between Marc De Vos, CEO of the Itinera Institute and author of “Superpower Europe: The European Union’s Silent Revolution”, and TEPSA Secretary-General Jim Cloos.

14/02/2025

Marc De Vos

Democracy & Rule of Law

Governance

Report

2050 inflection points for 2025

2025: soon as far from 2000 as from 2050! What are the inflection points and future questions on the road to 2050? Marc De Vos wrote his opinion on this in a short essay. Many questions that Itinera is deeply concerned with and on which it tries to exert impact on the possible answers. ...

22/01/2025

Marc De Vos

Governance

Democracy & Rule of Law

Opinion piece

How to lift Von der Leyen’s curse

‘We all know what we have to do, but we don’t know how to get re-elected once we’ve done it.’ Thus spoke Jean-Claude Juncker as then President of the Eurogroup back in 2007.

20/01/2025

Marc De Vos

Democracy & Rule of Law

Opinion piece

Why Ukraine must win

A sense of defeatism hangs over the war in Ukraine. The Russian invasion is creeping forward and the frontline is showing cracks. President Putin is becoming more reckless in his attacks on civilians and cities.

05/11/2024

Marc De Vos

Democracy & Rule of Law

Opinion piece

Europe needs to go geopolitical, fast

If anyone in Europe still harbours any illusions about state of the world, a group photo from the last week’s BRICS summit in Kazan should suffice.

18/10/2024

Marc De Vos

Democracy & Rule of Law

Book

Superpower Europe: The European Union's Silent Revolution

The European Union is in a state of revolution. In response to new global realities from the climate crisis to the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine to the emerging cold war with China, the EU is transforming into a federal superpower in a new world order.

13/08/2024

Marc De Vos

Democracy & Rule of Law

Opinion piece

The West’s new Bandung-moment should spur the EU into action

In April 1955, the heads of government of 29 African and Asian countries gathered in the Javanese city of Bandung.

18/06/2024

Marc De Vos

Democracy & Rule of Law

Opinion piece

The European Union will keep marching forward

As the dust settles on elections that collective tilt the European political centre of gravity towards the right, what impact can we expect of the trajectory of the European Union?

19/05/2024

Marc De Vos

Democracy & Rule of Law

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2050 inflectiepunten voor 2025

Europe’s Suez moment

Can the EU be a true superpower? | EuropeChats with Jim Cloos and Marc De Vos

2050 inflection points for 2025

How to lift Von der Leyen’s curse

Why Ukraine must win

Europe needs to go geopolitical, fast

Superpower Europe: The European Union's Silent Revolution

The West’s new Bandung-moment should spur the EU into action

The European Union will keep marching forward