🇪🇺🇦🇺 Can the new EU-Australia Security & Defence Partnership deliver real results? GMF's Robert McKinnon explains the opportunities and obstacles for the partnership ahead. 🔗 Read here: https://bit.ly/4heJiLK

Data centers, which are critical chokepoint in global competition for emerging technologies, depend on water for cooling and power generation. GMF’s Dylan Welch explains how to ensure data centers deliver economic benefits without undermining water sustainability. 🔗 Read: https://bit.ly/4pTu158

The recent surge of migrants into Ceuta, Spain was the latest flashpoint in Europe's decade-long policy paralysis around migration. GMF's Alberto Tagliapietra explains what the reaction reveals about the bloc's migration politics. 🔗 Read here: https://bit.ly/4gaOvlF

🇫🇷🇮🇳 France has emerged as one of India's most trusted partners. In this Europe-India Briefing newsletter GMF's Garima Mohan and Tara Varma discuss what makes the France-India relationship unique and future evolutions. 🔗 Read here: https://bit.ly/44JHWky

Discussion of Middle Powers has grown as the international system shifts toward multipolarity. Our experts share their perspectives👇 Read the full analysis: https://bit.ly/3TrfL7v

In a new GMF policy brief, Dan Kliman examines the opportunities and pressures shaping the emerging transatlantic defense tech ecosystem and sets forth guidelines for navigating today's inflection point. 🔗 Read the guidelines: https://bit.ly/4wsWEbp

🛡️ NATO is being renegotiated. The transition to a Europe-led security order is underway. GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer argues that Europe must move beyond debates over defense spending and focus on capabilities, industrial coordination, and innovation. ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4vbIQRt

In an interview with @lemonde.fr, GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer argues that the United States is grappling with strategic saturation. 🔗 Read the English interview here: https://bit.ly/4vRVu9E

🇺🇦🌍 What does it take to keep a city running under constant attack? And what should Europe be learning from Ukraine now? GMF’s Unbreakable Ukraine forum in Gdańsk, ahead of #URC2026, focused on how Ukraine is building systems that hold up under wartime pressure. Some takeaways👇

📣 Upcoming event: Rethinking Hungary-Ukraine Relations: A New Start for Reconciliation 🗓️ Online | June 30 | 9:00am ET / 1500 CET Speakers: Tamás Csiki Varga, Serhiy Gerasymchuk, @danielhegedus.bsky.social, Balázs Tárnok, and @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social 🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4xUlaUz

Since Russia' full-scale invasion, Ukraine has built one of the world's most battle-tested defense industries. Maria Repko sets out what the EU, national governments, and Ukraine must now do to lock in defense-industrial integration before the window closes. 🔗 Read here: https://bit.ly/4oR5D3M

📣🇺🇦 Don't miss GMF's Unbreakable Ukraine forum today! 📄 See agenda and register for livestream: https://bit.ly/3QGmHMZ

🇺🇦 Ahead of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026, here are five perspectives from GMF experts on Ukraine's reconstruction. 🔗Read the ideas and join us live tomorrow: https://bit.ly/43M3LiZ

📣🇺🇦 This Wednesday, GMF will host the Unbreakable Ukraine forum on the event of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026. Swipe to meet some of our notable speakers. The event will be livestreamed from 12:00 to 18:00 on June 24th. 📄 See agenda and register for livestream: https://bit.ly/43M3LiZ

📣 Upcoming event: Electoral Integrity Under Pressure: Democratic Resilience in the Eastern Partnership Countries 🗓️ June 22nd at 9:00 am ET/3pm CET | Online Register: https://bit.ly/4gzhqRQ

GMF's Ian Lesser spoke with i24NEWS on Europe's offer to lead demining operations in the Strait of Hormuz and what's at stake for the alliance ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara. ➡️ Watch the interview: https://youtu.be/86lvAZEVK5E

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Allied defense tech cooperation is at a crossroads. A new ecosystem is emerging, but it is also under strain. Whether allies come together will determine their ability to compete. GMF has launched a Defense Tech Task Force to shape what comes next .

We’re entering a new era of geopolitical competition. No country can compete alone. GMF is launching a Defense Tech Task Force bringing together leaders with experience in government, industry, and the military to strengthen allied defense tech collaboration. 🔗 www.gmfus.org/news/gmf-lau...

🌏 Applications are open for NEXUS: Next Generation Security Exchange. GMF will select 10 MA and PhD students from the US, Japan, and Europe for a series of expert-led webinars and an in-person training in Washington, DC this November. 📅 Apply by June 30. 🔗 More info: https://bit.ly/43mFiAG

A new political storm between Poland and Ukraine is a reminder that unresolved historical memory complicates their relationship, even in wartime. GMF's Yuliia Korotia explores how these disputes are testing a key partnership Europe can't afford to lose. 🔗 Read it: https://bit.ly/3QbAbA5

📣 Upcoming event: Navigating Local Relations with China in Europe 🗓️ Online, June 15th at 9am ET/15:00 CET Speakers: Dr. Tomasz Kaminski, Dr. Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska, Paul Costello, and Mareike Ohlberg 🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/4uNrdrO

📣 Don't miss today's event! What's Next for Transatlantic Cooperation on Critical Minerals? 📍 In-person and livestream 🗓️ Today at 8:30 am EDT Speakers: Conor Coleman, Abby Wulf and Dr. Matthias Koehler Moderated by Penny Naas and Peter Rashish 🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/49jQsJN

📣 Upcoming event: What's Next for Transatlantic Cooperation on Critical Minerals? 📍 GMF Office, Washington, DC 🗓️ June 2nd at 8:30 am EDT Speakers: Conor Coleman and Dr. Matthias Koehler Moderated by Penny Naas and Peter S. Rashish 🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/49jQsJN

📣 Upcoming event: What Next for American Foreign Policy - What Will it Mean for Europe and the World? 📍GMF Brussels Office 🗓️ May 28th at 12 pm Speakers: Ian Lesser, Paige Alexander and Ellen Francis Moderated by Alexandros Yannis 🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4uMdjpF

🇵🇱 The Trump administration continuously hails Poland as a model ally, but US actions are slowly pushing Poland away. GMF expert Philip Bednarczyk explains what it would take for Poland to fully turn away from Washington. 🔗 Read here: https://bit.ly/4nNj0Bx

📣 GMF is pleased to welcome Dr. Sophia Besch as research director and managing director for transatlantic security, based in our Berlin office. Besch is a leading expert in transatlantic and European security, defense, and policy. 🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/495sFgz

The reported pause in a planned US deployment to Poland may not be aimed at Warsaw, but it reinforces uncertainty about US military posture in Europe. GMF expert Philip Bednarczyk breaks down what this means for European security: https://bit.ly/4fz9EXE