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Delighted to host a stellar panel on AI and geopolitics Brussels Institute for Geopolitics last week. Brimming with ideas, a real intellectual feast! Tks Bruno Maçães, Ophélie Coelho and Daniel Mügge!

🚨 As European leaders gather in Brussels for the European Council summit, we are delighted to welcome Herman Van Rompuy, the first full-time President of the European Council, to BIG’s Advisory Council. 🚨 We look forward to his insights from a career at the pinnacle of

💬 ‘Carving out a niche where we can preserve what's valuable to European citizens is the key to tech sovereignty’ 🔊 Listen to University of Amsterdam professor Daniel Mügge speaking at our Tech Sovereignty – What does it mean? event last week.

💬 ‘Do we really want to have big tech conglomerates in Europe?’ 🔊 Listen to author and researcher Ophélie Coelho speaking at our 'Tech Sovereignty – What does it mean?' event last week. In her comments, she emphasises a European approach focusing on tech that serves society.

💬 'There is a consciousness that it's a new time for Europe' 🔊 Listen to Bruno Maçães talking at our event ‘Tech Sovereignty – What does it mean?’ explaining that the time has come for Europe to pick a new path of independence. Bruno Maçães

📰 Dans Le Monde notre Associée Senior Claude-France Arnould plaide pour une défense européenne fondée sur une chaîne de commandement autonome et une préférence industrielle continentale dans les secteurs militaire et spatial. ➡️ Lire la tribune : lemonde.fr/idees/article/…

💬 'Who thought that our stock markets would be doing better than the American stock market?’ 🔊 Listen to Bruno Maçães talking at our event ‘Tech Sovereignty – What does it mean?’ reminding us that bold decisions made on Europe’s new path of independence can lead to big

The EU’s €800bn rearmament plan shows Europe is waking up to the scale of the threats it faces. But investment alone isn’t enough. How can it deliver real, coordinated defence capabilities? BIG's Claude-France Arnould explains ⤵️ big-europe.eu/publications/2…

The Institute hosted a 'safe space' session this week on Europe’s energy and climate diplomacy with six Commission DGs and the EEAS — a chance to break down silos and reflect on strategic priorities. big-europe.eu/2025-04-03-big…

Writing for BIG, Martijn van der Linden explores what it means to imagine a world beyond the dollar in his piece, ‘Emancipating the Euro.’ big-europe.eu/publications/2…

The Trump supernova that Europe didn’t see coming.  My editorial for Brussels Institute for Geopolitics on how Europe was blindsided to structural shifts in US domestic and foreign policy – in the making since long before this MAGA-inspired conflagration. big-europe.eu/publications/2…

The EU is issuing burner phones to US-bound staff over spying fears. BIG's Luuk van Middelaar talking to FT Europe, says “Washington is not Beijing or Moscow but an adversary prone to using extra-legal methods to further its interests & power.” ft.com/content/20d067…

“Europe has to get ready for a rougher world order where we have to be able to defend ourselves” Director Luuk van Middelaar talks to FRANCE 24 English about Europe’s place in a world of increasing geopolitical rivalries. france24.com/en/tv-shows/ta…

Face à Poutine et Trump, Friedrich Merz change de cap — une décision clé pour l’Europe, explique Luuk van Middelaar, directeur du BIG sur FRANCE 24 English avec Caroline de Camaret. france24.com/fr/%C3%A9missi…

💬 "I studied capitalist economics to destroy it from the inside." As part of BIG’s #Project1989, Albena Dimitrova reflects on her hopes and fears on discovering the other side of the Berlin Wall. big-europe.eu/publications/2…

💬 "I wanted to forget about East Germany." André Wilkens reflects on his reaction to the fall of the Berlin Wall and its legacy on Europe’s identity. #Project1989 big-europe.eu/publications/2…

In this brilliant essay, ‘The EU’s Mackinder Moment’ BIG guest writer Professor Mark Gilbert at Bologna’s Johns Hopkins SAIS, re-visits the work of the ‘father of geopolitics’ to understand its significance to contemporary Europe. 📕 big-europe.eu/publications/2…

🇪🇺 Celebrate #EuropeDay with BIG on 9 May 🇪🇺 w/ Herman Van Rompuy, H. Mościcka-Dendys & Undine Ruge in conversation with Luuk van Middelaar on 'Who Speaks for Europe?' 📍 Open house at BIG + 🎻 by Lascar String Quartet. big-europe.eu/2025-05-09-ope…

🎙️ “Africans are now less willing to be lectured by the West.” In Handing Over the Mic, we speak with Dipo Faloyin—author of ‘Africa Is Not A Country’—on Africa’s shifting mindset and relationship with Europe 🌍 🎧 Listen here: big-europe.eu/publications/2…

📺 On Nieuwsuur, BIG director Luuk van Middelaar discusses the current turning point in US-European relations with none other than Francis Fukuyama. From the Normandy landings and the fall of the Berlin Wall to today’s world of Trump 2.0, talk of Greenland annexation and Russia’s