What security strategy for Europe? It is high time to set a new security strategy for Europe.

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Que estratégia de segurança para a Europa? Opinião de Ricardo Borges de Castro

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#NATO turns 77. We may not know the future, but we know that the collective defence Alliance provided close to 8 decades of peace & security to Europe and North America. That is no small feat. The lesson of History is that we ought to strengthen it, not undermine it. #NATO 🎉

The world is worse off today, because the most powerful nation on the planet is led by a narcissistic, cruel, and ignorant near-octogenarian surrounded by a coterie of opportunistic sycophants who continue to bend their backs to curry favour. A tragedy.

Farewell to Mr Veto? The European Union may be a few weeks away from seeing Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s long-time premier, go.

Farewell to Mr Veto?
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The @epc-official.bsky.social and I have been speaking about this “securitisation of everything” trend for at least 3 years. In her speech to #EU ambos today, @vonderleyen confirms it very clearly: “In all our assets and policies, we must mainstream security considerations. In fact, security…

In King’s Landing they knew this already…

Adeus ao Sr. Veto? Opinião de Ricardo Borges de Castro

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Farewell to Mr Veto? The European Union may be a few weeks away from seeing Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s long-time premier, go.

Farewell to Mr Veto?
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The world is worse off today, because the most powerful nation on the planet is led by a narcissistic, cruel, and ignorant near-octogenarian surrounded by a coterie of opportunistic sycophants who continue to bend their backs to curry favour. A tragedy.

Farewell to Mr Veto? The European Union may be a few weeks away from seeing Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s long-time premier, go.

Farewell to Mr Veto?
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Adeus ao Sr. Veto? Opinião de Ricardo Borges de Castro

Na @revistasabado.bsky.social à sexta, a *Visto de Bruxelas* regressa com o destino de Viktor Orbán www.sabado.pt/opiniao/conv...

10 years today. I can still relive almost every hour of that tragic day 22.03.2016.

Never forget. Honour the victims. Remember their families, friends and loved ones. Thank emergency responders.

#BrusselsAttacks🇧🇪🌹

The test The European Union’s crash course in geopolitics continues.

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#securitisation #pandemic #ukraine #eu #trend #securitisation #eu #epc #foresight #pensar_o_futuro #anticipation #trends #signals #policymaking | Ricardo Borges de Castro “Security must become the organising principle of our action.” Ursula von der Leyen, 9 March 2026. The European Policy Centre, Raul Villegas and I have been speaking about a “#securitisation of every...

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Maybe Orbán can supply the 1st Riverine Flotilla from the Danube to the Strait of Hormuz?

Without nuclear weapons Iran found its ‘nuclear option’ or ‘trump card’.

Excellent @gideonrachman.bsky.social “Iran has discovered a powerful future deterrent that is quite independent of nuclear weapons. If the regime survives this war, it may yet emerge in a stronger position internationally.”

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In my view no, but that may be beside the point: some European countries may feel pressured to go along because we are still dependent on the US security umbrella however much Trump questions it… no good options.

Does Trump even understand that #NATO is a defensive alliance? It is not ‘I-attack-with-no-consultation-and-with-no-clear-plan-come-support-me-when-things-go-south-or-else-Alliance’…

5yrs after #FabianZuleeg @jaemmanouilidis.bsky.social & I published #Permacrisis piece, I wonder what #EU policymakers think after saying it was too gloomy. It was a call for foresight, adaptation & action to face a more volatile & shifting world @epc-official.bsky.social www.epc.eu/publication/...

#securitisation #pandemic #ukraine #eu #trend #securitisation #eu #epc #foresight #pensar_o_futuro #anticipation #trends #signals #policymaking | Ricardo Borges de Castro “Security must become the organising principle of our action.” Ursula von der Leyen, 9 March 2026. The European Policy Centre, Raul Villegas and I have been speaking about a “#securitisation of every...

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… must become the organising principle of our action. This must be the default mindset – from defence to data, from industry to infrastructure, from tech to trade.”

The @epc-official.bsky.social and I have been speaking about this “securitisation of everything” trend for at least 3 years. In her speech to #EU ambos today, @vonderleyen confirms it very clearly: “In all our assets and policies, we must mainstream security considerations. In fact, security…

The test The European Union’s crash course in geopolitics continues.

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Very few people will shed a tear for the Iranian Regime if it is indeed toppled.

But we will shed tears for the full breakdown of international law and rules — for a long time.

If the outcome is similar to Venezuela, the Iranian people will be thrown under the bus …

The world finds itself here today because a US president out of spite for another US president abandoned the diplomatic agreement that would have likely prevented Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. The deal wasn’t perfect. Let’s see if a regime change war does it.

We know how wars start.

We don’t know how wars end.

Some in the US are waking up to importance of having allies. If you lecture Europeans from Monday to Friday on how they are decadent & fail to understand relevancy of Ukraine for their security, then don’t be surprised if on the Weekend some are cagey about unreserved support…

O exame Opinião de Ricardo Borges de Castro

Na @revistasabado.bsky.social à sexta, *Visto de Bruxelas” está de volta com um ‘exame’ à capacidade estratégica da #UE

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