The European Parliament briefing lays out a blunt problem at the heart of EU defence. Europe is spending more, planning more and launching more instruments – but still buys weapons like 27 separate countries protecting 27 separate industrial comfort zones.

The Conversation article turns Europe’s heatwaves into a blunt test of political failure. Extreme heat is no longer a freak event, a bad week or a southern European inconvenience.

CEPS’s commentary delivers a clear warning to Brussels: cutting red tape is useful, but it will not make Europe competitive on its own.

GMF’s interview gives Europe a sobering message wrapped in cautious optimism. Strategic autonomy is possible – but not soon, not cheaply and not through slogans.

Defense Priorities’ op-ed delivers a blunt message from the US restraint camp: Europe must defend itself.

Geopolitical Monitor’s situation report warns that Gibraltar has entered a more dangerous post-Brexit phase. The new 2026 deal is not a formal surrender of British sovereignty, but it gives Spain fresh practical power over the Rock’s borders, economy and daily life.

The DIIS brief warns that Europe’s idea of strategic autonomy is changing fast. This is no longer mainly about crisis missions, statebuilding or flying the EU flag in fragile states. It is turning into defence-industrial coordination, arms production, training, battlefield learning and military supply chains.