Russia is turning the Arctic into a fortress, a frontline, and a contested space. @MatBoulegue traces what a decade of war, sanctions, and melting sea ice has done to Moscow's position in a region it once dominated. cepa.org/comprehensive-repor…

Impactful science takes five to seven years, but many US visas and funding streams run out after two or three. Kiana Aran makes the case for a transatlantic fellowship where funding moves with the scientist. cepa.org/comprehensive-repor…

Russia’s Ominous Migrant Weaponization | "Recent events show the Russian-Belarusian playbook moving from migrant pressure towards coercion, presenting Europe with some tough dilemmas." Maciej Bukowski cepa.org/article/russias-omi…

Western Embassies Must Stay in Bomb-Blasted Kyiv | "Russia is determined to force Ukraine’s allies out of their diplomatic missions this winter. This has to be resisted." Margaryta Khvostova and Amelia Hadfield cepa.org/article/western-emb…

Frank Kendall served with NATO as a young Army officer in the 1970s. Decades later, the former Secretary of the Air Force still cannot name a more successful alliance. cepa.org/event/cepa-2026-tec…

A Silicon Curtain Is Descending Across the Semiconductor World | “Chipmakers traditionally shared ideas and advances with colleagues around the globe. No longer." Christopher Cytera cepa.org/article/a-silicon-c…

Turkey and Azerbaijan: Old Allies Fall Out | “A deterioration in relations between Baku and Ankara appears relatively minor, but there are deeper and more serious issues at play.” Fuad Shahbazov cepa.org/article/turkey-and-…

How can the transatlantic alliance build a future-capable, allied defense force? The answer will depend on producing critical capabilities at scale, bringing emerging defense technologies into allied forces, and building a defense industrial base that works across the Atlantic. CEPA and Brzezinski Global Strategies took up those questions with Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Jaromír Zůna, whose country’s defense industry has a growing role to play in strengthening the alliance. Thank you to Minister Zůna, our colleagues at Brzezinski Global Strategies, and our guests for joining us.

Spheres of Influence Won’t Help the US | "Sacrificing small nations to please the world’s biggest countries is a dead end. The US in particular has much more to lose than to gain." CEPA cepa.org/article/spheres-of-…

Network Fees: A Misguided Idea | "Part 1: The European Union will reconsider imposing Network Fees on mostly American platforms. It's an ill-advised approach." Fiona Alexander cepa.org/article/network-fee…

We’re delighted to welcome Owen Bennett as a Fellow with CEPA’s Tech Policy Program. Owen led international online safety at Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, and helped shape the EU’s Digital Services Act and AI Act at Mozilla.

Quantum computing may still feel a little ways away. Amb. Julianne Smith, former US Ambassador to NATO, warns it could break through the encryption the US and its treaty allies depend on. cepa.org/event/cepa-2026-tec…

Ukraine’s Medical Evacuations Go Airborne | "Multiple thousands of Ukrainian troops have lost limbs while trapped on an unforgiving frontline. Drone tech is seeking to restore military medicine’s ‘golden hour’." @DVKirichenko cepa.org/article/ukraines-me…

When AI moves faster than any human can, who makes the final decision? For Gen. Luca Goretti, former Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force, it has to remain a person. cepa.org/event/cepa-2026-tec…

Pen Pushers Help Engineers Keep Ukraine’s Lights On | "Ukraine is rapidly decentralizing its energy system, but protection from the cold and dark this winter will depend on local authorities getting facilities running in time." Kateryna Odarchenko cepa.org/article/pen-pushers…

Could China and Russia Rescue Cuba’s Regime? | "The US blockade of Cuba’s energy supplies has brought the island nation to the brink of collapse, but Beijing and Moscow are trying to help Havana weather the storm." @ce_santosv cepa.org/article/could-china…

Russia’s shadow war is not one country’s problem, and it will not be solved by one country’s response. Attacks on infrastructure, information, and democratic institutions now stretch from the Baltic to the Black Sea. On the main stage at the Forum 2000 conference in Prague, CEPA Vice President @Walker_CT, former Lithuanian President @Grybauskaite_LT, and @RKiesewetter of the German Bundestag examined why the transatlantic partnership remains essential to confronting it. The session, co-organized by CEPA and Forum 2000 and moderated by MEP @AlexandrVondra, looked at the price both sides would pay for drifting apart. cepa.org/programs/global-sha…

Europe brings regulatory standards, and the US brings innovation and capital. @kiana_aran explains why measuring biology, for health and for defense, needs both. Read the full report. cepa.org/comprehensive-repor…

Every summit between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping has brought fresh promises of friendship. Every one also leaves Russia a little more dependent on China. The partnership is asymmetrical but stable. Beijing helps Moscow adapt to sanctions, sustain a militarized economy, and replace lost Western markets, all while keeping its own freedom of maneuver. Together, the two regimes form a single meta-threat, and democracies need to treat it as one. cepa.org/comprehensive-repor…