Strategic autonomy in an age of power politics

TEPSA Experts' Debrief(18). TEPSA.

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03/2026
Niklas Helwig
Leading Researcher
Portrait of Tyyne Karjalainen, blode hair, dark eyes, beige shirt.
Tyyne Karjalainen
Research Fellow
Tuomas Iso-Markku
Leading Researcher
Marco Siddi
Leading Researcher
Steven Everts

Matteo Signorini

Mario Esteban

Almut Möller

Mikkel Runge Olesen

Jean-Luc Demarty

Maria Demertzis

Michele Chang

Seamus Allen

Giulia Cretti

This edition of the TEPSA Experts’ Debrief, contributors confront the challenges facing the European Union, from great-power competition, to a tumultuous transatlantic relationship, and the return of war to the European continent, and reflect on what Europe needs to do to become a stronger, more credible partner at the global level, capable of sharing outcomes rather than merely reacting to them.

TEPSA Secretary-General Jim Cloos asked 14 distinguished experts to provide their perspectives on Europe’s quest for strategic autonomy, evaluating how to rediscover the logic of power, without abandoning European principles.

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