🇹🇷 What does the new US National Security Strategy mean for Türkiye? 🌍@ian_lesser's latest analysis explores how the strategy’s priorities—from a reduced US role in Middle East security to sharper transatlantic debates—could reshape Ankara’s choices and its engagement with NATO and Europe. It highlights both risks and openings for cooperation in a world of shifting alignments. ➡️ Read the piece: 👉 gmfus.org/news/turkiyes-stak…

On Monday, GMF Brussels hosted a conference together with the @PLintheEU and @PISM_Brussels, exploring the challenges of boosting the EU’s defence. GMF’s @ian_lesser and Bart Szewczyk joined the two conference panels as speakers. Key takeaways👇 🔹 Russia’s aggression and shifting US policy have forced EU states to rearm. Defence budgets are rising, but Europe still lags in innovation: only 4% of EU defence spending goes to R&D compared to 16% in the US. 🔹 With just 18% of procurement done jointly, Europe is still missing the economies of scale it needs. Aggregating demand would speed up production, lower costs, and give the industry the confidence to invest. 🔹 EU member states must support established defence giants while scaling start-ups that bring deep tech into military innovation. Bridging this gap is essential to shorten acquisition cycles to under 24 months. 🔹 Europe’s dependence on US and Chinese raw materials is unsustainable. Building resilient supply chains is critical if the EU wants to be ready to deter aggression by 2030. 🌍 GMF thanks our speakers, partners, and attendees for contributing to the discussion.

📓 In response to the overnight release of the Trump administration's 2025 National Security Strategy, GMF Distinguished Fellow @ian_lesser explained that “many Europeans will find this highly disturbing,” and that it sharpens existing concerns about the transatlantic relationship, Russia, and the war in Ukraine. ⤵️ Read full analysis in the @nytimes here: buff.ly/LO03xrE

🚨 As drone sightings disrupt airports across Europe, the question of how to respond is becoming urgent. In the @nytimes, GMF’s @ian_lesser compares the threat of drones to cyberattacks, where even small actors can cause outsized damage. The challenge for governments? Finding fast, cost-effective solutions to a risk that’s cheap, accessible, and increasingly disruptive. 📰 Read the article: buff.ly/B8pdXpn

🇮🇳🇪🇺🇺🇸 The 27th India Trilateral Forum, organized by GMF's @GarimaMo and the @SweMFA, begins today. This two-day forum brings together senior policymakers, experts, and industry leaders from the U.S., Europe, and India for closed-door conversations on key issues shaping global cooperation. 🛡️This edition will focus on security, defense, and defense-industrial collaboration, exploring new opportunities to strengthen partnerships between the US, India, and Europe.

🛡️ "NATO has not yet invested in the kinds of technologies at the scale that would be needed to deal with that kind of a threat in a cost-effective way," GMF's @ian_lesser told NPR, of an EU defense ministers' meeting to discuss dealing with the emerging threat of isolated drone incidents in Europe. buff.ly/DYC2ngD

💬 In her state of the union speech yesterday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen "made a powerful case for greater European sovereignty and greater European power in an increasingly insecure and competitive world," writes GMF's @ian_lesser. Read his transatlantic take on the speech: gmfus.org/news/enemies-gates