This article is based on a lecture by Gabriel Felbermayr, Director of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), and reflects the conceptual changes in how European analysts perceive the principles and...
October 2025
Kateryna KrasinaRearmament of Europe: Challenges and Prospects
The article is based on the presentation of the study “Fit for War by 2030? European Rearmament Efforts vis-à-vis Russia: Rising but Lagging in Numbers and Technologies”, held on 8 October 2025 at the Vienna Institute...
“Little Green Men” and drones: Europe debates the scenarios “if Ukraine loses”
Although the phrase “little green men” has long seemed consigned to history – firmly associated with the brazen occupation and annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014 – it is back in the headlines. In...
Mykhailo SamusEU Readiness Roadmap 2030
The EU published Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030 which sets out clear objectives and milestones to achieve defence readiness by 2030, as outlined in the White Paper for European Defence. Among its key proposals are four...
NGRNDrone Futures: Road to 2040. Foresight from Central Europe
The New Geopolitics Research Network participated in a study on predicting the future role of drones. The study was carried out by a team of think tanks consisting of: Adapt Institute (SK), Mam Dron Association (SK)...
How Ukraine Turned the Tables on Russia
By Robert F. Worth Photographs by Jedrzej Nowicki Article by Atlantic Two Russian soldiers emerged from the woods and walked slowly down a dirt road, seemingly unaware that they were being monitored from the sky...
Drone Threat to EU Defence Production Lines
Thales Belgium says its factory making 70 mm rockets is being buzzed by drones. Article by Politico By Victor Jack One of Europe’s biggest air defense companies is warning that its top secret factories are being...