The geopolitical EU

The EU's neighbourhood is increasingly unstable: Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine is continuing, while the Israel-Hamas conflict is destabilising many of Europe's southern neighbours and forcing Europeans to look south as well as east. Great power competition between China and the US is intensifying and fragmenting the global economy, while climate change poses ever-growing economic, social and geopolitical challenges. How can the EU navigate the increasingly threatening strategic environment it faces?