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Fall 2025 Issue: Defending Europe’s Economic Security
The 21st issue of INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY focuses on the European Union in the new age of economic statecraft.
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Out today: Our fall issue, Defending Europe’s Economic Security, which also marks five years of IPQ.
We'll be sharing individual articles in the coming days & weeks and you can read the full issue here: ip-quarterly.com/en/fall-2025...
We'll be sharing individual articles in the coming days & weeks and you can read the full issue here: ip-quarterly.com/en/fall-2025...
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New from @ljohnson.bsky.social: The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions, but there’s uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.
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Building Europe’s Drone Wall
The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions. But there remains much uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New from @ljohnson.bsky.social: The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions, but there’s uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.
ip-quarterly.com/en/building-...
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New from @ljohnson.bsky.social: The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions, but there’s uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.
ip-quarterly.com/en/building-...
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Building Europe’s Drone Wall
The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions. But there remains much uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New from @ljohnson.bsky.social: The EU has said it wants to build a drone wall to defend against Russian incursions, but there’s uncertainty about what exactly such a wall would entail.
ip-quarterly.com/en/building-...
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New: @koerber-ip.bsky.social's Nora Müller explores how architecture is used for (geo)political purposes today—from autocratic countries’ preference for gigantic projects at home and abroad, to democracies’ focus on transparency, citizen participation, and openness.
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Power Houses
Architecture has always been an expression of how countries see themselves. Autocratic countries focus on gigantic projects at home and abroad, while democracies question their architectural styles.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New: @koerber-ip.bsky.social's Nora Müller explores how architecture is used for (geo)political purposes today—from autocratic countries’ preference for gigantic projects at home and abroad, to democracies’ focus on transparency, citizen participation, and openness.
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
New: @koerber-ip.bsky.social's Nora Müller explores how architecture is used for (geo)political purposes today—from autocratic countries’ preference for gigantic projects at home and abroad, to democracies’ focus on transparency, citizen participation, and openness.
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
Power Houses
Architecture has always been an expression of how countries see themselves. Autocratic countries focus on gigantic projects at home and abroad, while democracies question their architectural styles.
ip-quarterly.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New: @koerber-ip.bsky.social's Nora Müller explores how architecture is used for (geo)political purposes today—from autocratic countries’ preference for gigantic projects at home and abroad, to democracies’ focus on transparency, citizen participation, and openness.
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
ip-quarterly.com/en/power-hou...
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The EU Summit set important impulses on the path to EU Sovereignty. Many concepts of our article made it into the mainstream debates…
It is definitely worth a read :)
It is definitely worth a read :)
NEW from @katjamunoz.bsky.social and @kzenner.bsky.social: The European Union needs a grand strategy for the digital age—a values-based alternative to U.S. techno-capitalism and Chinese digital authoritarianism.
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The “European Way”: The EU’s Digital Turning Point
The European Union needs a grand strategy for the digital age—a values-based alternative to American techno-capitalism and Chinese digital authoritarianism.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The EU Summit set important impulses on the path to EU Sovereignty. Many concepts of our article made it into the mainstream debates…
It is definitely worth a read :)
It is definitely worth a read :)
NEW from @katjamunoz.bsky.social and @kzenner.bsky.social: The European Union needs a grand strategy for the digital age—a values-based alternative to U.S. techno-capitalism and Chinese digital authoritarianism.
ip-quarterly.com/en/european-...
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The “European Way”: The EU’s Digital Turning Point
The European Union needs a grand strategy for the digital age—a values-based alternative to American techno-capitalism and Chinese digital authoritarianism.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NEW from @katjamunoz.bsky.social and @kzenner.bsky.social: The European Union needs a grand strategy for the digital age—a values-based alternative to U.S. techno-capitalism and Chinese digital authoritarianism.
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To improve “the state of the union,” Ursula von der Leyen has no choice but to try to step up.
Read @rebeccawire.bsky.social's Brussels Briefing from our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/von-der-l...
Read @rebeccawire.bsky.social's Brussels Briefing from our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/von-der-l...
Von der Leyen Steps Into the Breach
Brussels’ latest bid to fill the European Union’s leadership void is taking place out of necessity. Paris, Berlin, and other capitals are currently too absorbed to take on the role.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To improve “the state of the union,” Ursula von der Leyen has no choice but to try to step up.
Read @rebeccawire.bsky.social's Brussels Briefing from our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/von-der-l...
Read @rebeccawire.bsky.social's Brussels Briefing from our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/von-der-l...
Read @henninghoff.bsky.social's latest Berlin Cable: ip-quarterly.com/en/germanys-...
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Read @henninghoff.bsky.social's latest Berlin Cable: ip-quarterly.com/en/germanys-...
NEW from Simon Anholt: Even as Donald Trump promotes his brash credo that might is right, research shows that how much good a country does can be just as important.
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Hard Times for Soft Power
US President Donald Trump promotes a brash new global credo which holds that might is right. Research shows, though, that how much good a country does can be just as important.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
NEW from Simon Anholt: Even as Donald Trump promotes his brash credo that might is right, research shows that how much good a country does can be just as important.
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Xi Jinping used the recent gathering of over 25 heads of governments in Beijing to launch a new phase of China’s efforts to change the world order.
European states should take note, @helenalegarda.bsky.social argues in our new issue.
ip-quarterly.com/en/beijing-s...
European states should take note, @helenalegarda.bsky.social argues in our new issue.
ip-quarterly.com/en/beijing-s...
Beijing Showcases Its Global Order Pitch
Chinese President Xi Jinping used the recent gathering of over 25 heads of governments in Beijing to launch a new phase of China’s efforts to change the world order. European states should take note.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Xi Jinping used the recent gathering of over 25 heads of governments in Beijing to launch a new phase of China’s efforts to change the world order.
European states should take note, @helenalegarda.bsky.social argues in our new issue.
ip-quarterly.com/en/beijing-s...
European states should take note, @helenalegarda.bsky.social argues in our new issue.
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The EU needs an economic security council, @bigeurope.bsky.social’s Luuk van Middelaar & Hans Kribbe argue in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/eu-needs-...
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The EU needs an economic security council, @bigeurope.bsky.social’s Luuk van Middelaar & Hans Kribbe argue in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/eu-needs-...
NEW from @barnabyjdye.bsky.social: Germany’s relationship with India is slowly improving, and so is Europe’s at large. President Donald Trump’s torpedoing of US-India ties offers an opportunity to enhance this relationship even further.
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The US-India Breakdown Creates an Opening for Europe
Germany’s relationship with India is slowly improving, and so is Europe’s at large. President Donald Trump’s torpedoing of US-India ties offers an opportunity to enhance this relationship even further...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
NEW from @barnabyjdye.bsky.social: Germany’s relationship with India is slowly improving, and so is Europe’s at large. President Donald Trump’s torpedoing of US-India ties offers an opportunity to enhance this relationship even further.
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Read Piotr Buras in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/drones-in...
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Read Piotr Buras in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/drones-in...
As Europeans feel the “ground shifting beneath them ” (as Ursula von der Leyen said recently), the EU needs to get better at safeguarding its economic security, @henninghoff.bsky.social writes in the editorial of our fall issue.
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Defending Europe’s Economic Security
Europeans are feeling the “ground shifting beneath them,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said recently. In response, the EU needs to get better at safeguarding its economic securit...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
As Europeans feel the “ground shifting beneath them ” (as Ursula von der Leyen said recently), the EU needs to get better at safeguarding its economic security, @henninghoff.bsky.social writes in the editorial of our fall issue.
ip-quarterly.com/en/defending...
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Read Filip Medunić in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/germany-n...
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Read Filip Medunić in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/germany-n...
On the geopolitics of the transatlantic tech stack, in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/dominance...
November 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On the geopolitics of the transatlantic tech stack, in our fall issue: ip-quarterly.com/en/dominance...
Xi Jinping used the recent gathering of over 25 heads of governments in Beijing to launch a new phase of China’s efforts to change the world order.
European states should take note, @helenalegarda.bsky.social argues in our new issue.
ip-quarterly.com/en/beijing-s...
European states should take note, @helenalegarda.bsky.social argues in our new issue.
ip-quarterly.com/en/beijing-s...
Beijing Showcases Its Global Order Pitch
Chinese President Xi Jinping used the recent gathering of over 25 heads of governments in Beijing to launch a new phase of China’s efforts to change the world order. European states should take note.
ip-quarterly.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Xi Jinping used the recent gathering of over 25 heads of governments in Beijing to launch a new phase of China’s efforts to change the world order.
European states should take note, @helenalegarda.bsky.social argues in our new issue.
ip-quarterly.com/en/beijing-s...
European states should take note, @helenalegarda.bsky.social argues in our new issue.
ip-quarterly.com/en/beijing-s...
From our new issue, by @randeurope.org's Francesca Ghiretti: ip-quarterly.com/en/return-ec...
October 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
From our new issue, by @randeurope.org's Francesca Ghiretti: ip-quarterly.com/en/return-ec...
In our new issue, @jbenford-berlin.bsky.social examines how economic security is fast emerging as a strategic priority for Europe as a whole. But despite expanding partnerships with allies, its engagement with the UK is not as robust as it ought to be.
Read more: ip-quarterly.com/en/missing-p...
Read more: ip-quarterly.com/en/missing-p...
October 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In our new issue, @jbenford-berlin.bsky.social examines how economic security is fast emerging as a strategic priority for Europe as a whole. But despite expanding partnerships with allies, its engagement with the UK is not as robust as it ought to be.
Read more: ip-quarterly.com/en/missing-p...
Read more: ip-quarterly.com/en/missing-p...
Since 2024, the EU has intensified military and security cooperation with the Philippines. In a new piece, @barrosbryce.bsky.social examines Manila’s emergence as a key European partner in the Indo-Pacific.
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Europe’s Deepening Security Ties with the Philippines
Since 2024, European countries and the EU have intensified military and security cooperation with the Philippines. Manila is emerging as a key partner in the Indo-Pacific.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Since 2024, the EU has intensified military and security cooperation with the Philippines. In a new piece, @barrosbryce.bsky.social examines Manila’s emergence as a key European partner in the Indo-Pacific.
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New from @merics.bsky.social's Jacob Gunter & @mikkohuotari.bsky.social: Beijing’s brute-force technology push is doing more than triggering a second “China shock”; it is submerging global markets and pulling under Europe’s industrial competitiveness.
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Shockwaves Made in China
Beijing’s brute-force push in technology and industry is doing more than triggering a second “China shock.”
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October 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New from @merics.bsky.social's Jacob Gunter & @mikkohuotari.bsky.social: Beijing’s brute-force technology push is doing more than triggering a second “China shock”; it is submerging global markets and pulling under Europe’s industrial competitiveness.
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In case you were unable to join our Monday debate on Defending Europe’s Economic Security, you can watch the full playback here: dgap.org/en/mediacent...
IPQ Debate - Defending Europe’s Economic Security
IPQ Debate
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October 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
In case you were unable to join our Monday debate on Defending Europe’s Economic Security, you can watch the full playback here: dgap.org/en/mediacent...
In our fall issue, @lucyaash.bsky.social writes about Ukrainian artists & the ongoing war: ip-quarterly.com/en/ukraines-...
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In our fall issue, @lucyaash.bsky.social writes about Ukrainian artists & the ongoing war: ip-quarterly.com/en/ukraines-...
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ICYMI:"The Trump administration’s policy of coercive protectionism is doing great damage to the international trade regime. The EU must prepare for continued uncertain transatlantic trade relations—and strengthen its geoeconomic deterrence policies." @ipq.bsky.social ip-quarterly.com/en/trumps-am...
Trump’s America: An Economic Challenge for the EU
The Trump administration’s policy of coercive protectionism is doing great damage to the international trade regime. The EU must prepare for continued uncertain transatlantic trade relations.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
ICYMI:"The Trump administration’s policy of coercive protectionism is doing great damage to the international trade regime. The EU must prepare for continued uncertain transatlantic trade relations—and strengthen its geoeconomic deterrence policies." @ipq.bsky.social ip-quarterly.com/en/trumps-am...
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We've added another panelist to next week's IPQ Debate celebrating our fifth anniversary: Oliver Rentschler, director general for geoeconomics in the German Foreign Office.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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