As EU-China trade talks continue in Beijing, GMF’s Penny Naas told The Parliament Magazine that Europe must confront the limits of its economic leverage and assess whether it’s prepared for potential Chinese retaliation.

🔗 Read here: https://bit.ly/47Ilaef

🇩🇪 As scrutiny of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency grows following the arrest of former BND President, GMF expert J.C. Lintzenich argues that stronger safeguards and accountability must be paired with stronger intelligence capabilities.

🔗: https://bit.ly/4yI5BPK

As trade talks come to a head between the EU and China, EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič travels to Beijing for two days of high-stakes talks. GMF’s Penny Naas spoke to @en.afp.com, expressing skepticism about a major breakthrough.

🔗 Read: https://bit.ly/4zj5z0E

🚀 As technological change accelerates, policymakers face a new reality: innovation is moving faster than traditional governance.

GMF Tech's Dr. David Bray builds on Jamie Dimon’s call for a Western revival, arguing that the West needs a “tech upgrade.”

🔗: https://bit.ly/3VNuyuo

🇪🇸 After weeks of mass protests over soaring rents and evictions, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap election for November 29.

GMF’s Kristina Kausch examines how the vote could reshape both Spain’s domestic agenda and its foreign policy: https://bit.ly/4eeRcSJ

🇪🇺🇺🇸 GMF’s Claudia Major joined the Helsinki Security Forum this weekend to explore the deterrence, defense, leadership, and power dynamics shaping Europe’s evolving security strategy.

🔗 Watch the panel: https://bit.ly/4y2aCS2

As connectivity becomes an increasingly important driver of economic competitiveness, security, and geopolitical influence, PFI will examine emerging challenges and opportunities in Southeast Europe, the eastern Mediterranean, and beyond: bit.ly/3TBhR5l

⚡️GMF launched the Powering Forward Initiative today, a platform to explore issues at the intersection of geopolitics and connectivity, including energy, digital infrastructure, foreign and security policy, and finance, jointly led with @csis.org and undertaken with the support of the PPC Group.

“Military leaders must be able to offer professional military advice even if it conflicts with the partisan beliefs of the civilian leadership,” writes GMF’s Carrie A. Lee, evaluating lessons from Poland to inform US military personnel decisions.

🔗 Read: bit.ly/4hCsY5J

President Trump is pressuring Europe to release diesel from its reserves to lower fuel prices ahead of the US midterm elections, predicts GMF’s Eamon Drumm.

“[The US] is leveraging Europe’s increased dependence on US diesel exports to try and extract concessions,” he said: https://bit.ly/4ypf523

GMF’s Laurențiu Pleșca argues in a new co-authored @thehill.com piece that Moldova remains vulnerable because it lacks a modern civil protection system capable of warning citizens of incoming aerial threats.

Support from the US could strengthen Moldova’s resilience, he says: https://bit.ly/4y5mt1H

📈 What is the "Silicon Shield" theory, and is it a risk to Taiwan's safety?

Former TSMC Senior Vice President Konrad Young joins GMF's Taiwan Frontlines podcast to discuss how Taiwan built its technological advantage, and what it will need to sustain it: bit.ly/4yEsEL2

GMF’s Carrie A. Lee joined DW News to discuss US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s latest plans to reduce the number of generals and admirals, arguing that the move could create decision-making bottlenecks.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4dkT8sx

Ukraine hoped Viktor Orbán's defeat would reset ties with Hungary. Instead, Prime Minister Peter Magyar continues to hold up progress on Ukraine’s EU accession.

GMF’s Zsuzsanna Vegh shares why comparisons between the two leaders are "simplistic" with @kyivindependent.com: https://bit.ly/47sKBQT

🎙️🇺🇸🇨🇳 What did the latest Trump-Xi summit actually accomplish?

In the latest edition of the China Global Podcast, GMF’s Bonnie Glaser sits down with China expert Dr. Da Wei of Tsinghua University to unpack the summit, and what comes next for US-China relations.

🔗 Listen: https://bit.ly/3TfNP77

Ahead of Brazil’s October 4 election, GMF’s Dr. Fernanda Magnotta examines the candidates’ competing foreign policy visions and urges the US and Europe to look beyond the presidential race.

“The coalition the winner can build at home will decide how much he can deliver,” she writes: bit.ly/4AIPHGc

🌏 A new volume from GMF’s Young Strategists Forum (YSF) examines the evolving strategic environment in the Indo-Pacific and explores opportunities for deeper cooperation among the United States, Japan, and other like-minded partners.

🔗 Learn more about YSF and read the report: bit.ly/3PBwKlB

Ahead of the US midterms, voters face uncertainty on election security and procedure as the Trump administration refuses to rule out military presence at polling places. GMF’s Carrie Lee analyzes lessons from abroad to offer insight into election scenarios Americans may face: https://bit.ly/4huuGaR