Europe’s new year of living dangerously
Ukraine’s future will continue to loom large, but 2026 should be the year of real European geopolitics in relation to the US and China.
Theme
Democracy & Good Governance
In een wereld waarin de democratie steeds meer bedreigd wordt, kijkt Itinera er nauwlettend op toe dat individuele rechten en vrijheden standhouden. Een betrouwbaar rechtssysteem is de basis, vertrouwen in de politiek moet de ambitie zijn van de overheid. Door te focussen op haar kerntaken, zorgvuldig om te springen met belastinggeld en rekenschap af te leggen.
Europe’s choice
Europe collectively faces a binary choice. It can take the blue pill, chose to disregard reality and continue down the path of humiliation, becoming a playing ground for international powers while managing its own geopolitical decline.
Guest contribution: from the equator to the pole
In this guest contribution, Christophe Peeters examines the rapidly evolving geopolitical importance of Greenland and the Arctic region.
Zeroclear
Ever since Donald Trump's re-election as US president, Europe has known that it must either support Ukraine alone or abandon it to its fate.
Alaska and Trump’s false morality
The reality TV show called ‘Donald Trump, The Sequel’ continues apace. After the announcement of "Liberation Day" in early April, the world has now entered a new era of a near universal cold trade war, with America as the key instigator.
Europe’s summer of humiliation
Europe entered the summer with the prospect of a potential trans-Atlantic divorce, the future of Ukraine, NATO, and trade all up in the air. With their beach holidays beckoning, European leaders can now take a sigh of relief.
Why civil buy-in is essential to 21st century European defence policy
European security cannot only be built from the top down. It starts with people—citizens who are aware, engaged, and prepared. Civil buy-in and resilience are not secondary or symbolic; they are foundational to modern security.
Can the European Union find a geopolitical compass?
The 9th of May marked the European Union’s official ‘Europe day’. This celebration of ‘peace and unity in Europe’ stands in stark contrast with the world beyond.
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.