
Samuel C. S. Dempsey
Making European and transatlantic policy legible — for the corridors of Brussels and Washington and for the people it affects.
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A US ambassador turned police on an activist, then on me
An activist email to a band ended in an official threat, our police detention, and my ban from US events.
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Zelenskyy’s removal of “mini Elon Musk” sparks mass protests
Ukraine's youngest, most popular minister was fired. Now a generational split has erupted in the streets.
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Who cares about the rule of law when you have drones?
At NATO's Ankara summit, Turkish arms makers locked into Europe as Erdoğan's rival watched from prison.
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Meet the highschooler who just got sanctioned by Russia
Alexander Browder, 17, exposed an alleged Russia-backed crypto laundering network — and landed on the Kremlin's sanctions list.
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The European fighter jet that died over stubborn capitals
How national rivalries and competing industrial interests grounded Europe's flagship joint fighter programme.
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European rearmament is clashing with the far right
As governments ramp up defence spending, populist parties are turning military budgets into a political battleground.
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