<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">
<channel>
<title>World Center for Strategic Studies</title>
<link>https://wcss.world/</link>
<atom:link href="1://mail.wcss.world/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
<language>en</language>
<description>World Center for Strategic Studies</description><item>
<title>Europe’s Climate Target Survives – But Brussels Is Weakening the Rules Behind It</title>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://wcss.world/622-europes-climate-target-survives-but-brussels-is-weakening-the-rules-behind-it.html</guid>
<link>https://wcss.world/622-europes-climate-target-survives-but-brussels-is-weakening-the-rules-behind-it.html</link>
<dc:creator>supercat</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 09:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
<category>Article</category>
<description><![CDATA[Europe has committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent by 2040, but the political compromises needed to secure that target are creating new uncertainties.]]></description>
</item><item>
<title>Europe Is Trapped Between America and China – But Brussels Is Fighting the Wrong Dependencies</title>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://wcss.world/621-europe-is-trapped-between-america-and-china-but-brussels-is-fighting-the-wrong-dependencies.html</guid>
<link>https://wcss.world/621-europe-is-trapped-between-america-and-china-but-brussels-is-fighting-the-wrong-dependencies.html</link>
<dc:creator>supercat</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
<category>Article</category>
<description><![CDATA[Europe depends on two global powers it increasingly struggles to trust, but the threats they pose are fundamentally different. An ISDP policy brief by Niklas Swanström warns that Brussels risks wasting resources by treating economic dependence on the United States and China as the same problem.]]></description>
</item><item>
<title>Europe’s Economic Defences Are Under Siege – And Brussels Has Yet to Fight Back</title>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://wcss.world/620-europes-economic-defences-are-under-siege-and-brussels-has-yet-to-fight-back.html</guid>
<link>https://wcss.world/620-europes-economic-defences-are-under-siege-and-brussels-has-yet-to-fight-back.html</link>
<dc:creator>supercat</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
<category>Article</category>
<description><![CDATA[Europe is facing an unprecedented surge in economic pressure from its biggest trading partners, but its main weapon against coercion remains unused. An ISPI DataLab investigation finds that attempts to force the EU into political concessions through trade restrictions, tariffs and supply-chain controls have increased eightfold since 2018.]]></description>
</item><item>
<title>Europe’s Security System Is Too Slow – And Emergency Coalitions Cannot Save It Forever</title>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://wcss.world/619-europes-security-system-is-too-slow-and-emergency-coalitions-cannot-save-it-forever.html</guid>
<link>https://wcss.world/619-europes-security-system-is-too-slow-and-emergency-coalitions-cannot-save-it-forever.html</link>
<dc:creator>supercat</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
<category>Article</category>
<description><![CDATA[Europe is facing growing security threats, but its institutions remain too divided and cumbersome to respond quickly. Russia’s war against Ukraine, intensifying hybrid attacks and uncertainty over American commitments have pushed European governments into temporary coalitions that bypass Brussels’ slow decision-making.]]></description>
</item><item>
<title>Europe’s Security Ambitions Are Outgrowing Its Power – And Brussels Is Struggling to Keep Up</title>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://wcss.world/618-europes-security-ambitions-are-outgrowing-its-power-and-brussels-is-struggling-to-keep-up.html</guid>
<link>https://wcss.world/618-europes-security-ambitions-are-outgrowing-its-power-and-brussels-is-struggling-to-keep-up.html</link>
<dc:creator>supercat</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
<category>Article</category>
<description><![CDATA[The EU was built to manage markets, not defend a continent. Now Russia’s war against Ukraine, American unpredictability and growing pressure from China are forcing Brussels into security decisions its institutions were never designed to handle.]]></description>
</item><item>
<title>Germany and America Are Losing Touch with Reality – And Europe Could Pay the Price</title>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://wcss.world/617-germany-and-america-are-losing-touch-with-reality-and-europe-could-pay-the-price.html</guid>
<link>https://wcss.world/617-germany-and-america-are-losing-touch-with-reality-and-europe-could-pay-the-price.html</link>
<dc:creator>supercat</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
<category>Article</category>
<description><![CDATA[Germany’s political establishment is losing voters while Washington risks misreading the war in Ukraine. Holger Friedrich, writing in The National Interest, argues that both crises spring from the same dangerous failure – political elites increasingly trust their own assumptions rather than confront evidence that contradicts them.]]></description>
</item><item>
<title>Germany’s Intelligence Crisis: A Spy Scandal Threatens Berlin’s Security Overhaul</title>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://wcss.world/616-germanys-intelligence-crisis-a-spy-scandal-threatens-berlins-security-overhaul.html</guid>
<link>https://wcss.world/616-germanys-intelligence-crisis-a-spy-scandal-threatens-berlins-security-overhaul.html</link>
<dc:creator>supercat</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
<category>Article</category>
<description><![CDATA[Germany is trying to rebuild its intelligence capabilities just as a scandal involving a former spy chief threatens to derail the effort. The arrest of August Hanning, former president of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), has exposed serious questions about the protection of classified information and the agency's internal safeguards.]]></description>
</item><item>
<title>France’s Debt Trap Is Tightening: Paris Could Become Too Big to Rescue</title>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://wcss.world/615-frances-debt-trap-is-tightening-paris-could-become-too-big-to-rescue.html</guid>
<link>https://wcss.world/615-frances-debt-trap-is-tightening-paris-could-become-too-big-to-rescue.html</link>
<dc:creator>supercat</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
<category>Article</category>
<description><![CDATA[France is running out of room to escape its public-finance crisis. With the deficit reaching 5.4% of GDP and public debt approaching 120%, rising borrowing costs are turning years of fiscal complacency into an increasingly dangerous liability.]]></description>
</item><item>
<title>Europe’s Ceuta Crisis Exposes a Dangerous Blind Spot: Brussels Cannot Tell Who Is Behind Migrant Surges</title>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://wcss.world/614-europes-ceuta-crisis-exposes-a-dangerous-blind-spot-brussels-cannot-tell-who-is-behind-migrant-surges.html</guid>
<link>https://wcss.world/614-europes-ceuta-crisis-exposes-a-dangerous-blind-spot-brussels-cannot-tell-who-is-behind-migrant-surges.html</link>
<dc:creator>supercat</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
<category>Article</category>
<description><![CDATA[Europe faces a new border-security dilemma after around 72,000 people crossed from Morocco into Spain’s Ceuta enclave in just two days. An EPC discussion paper warns that social media can accelerate mass migration movements faster than authorities can establish who is responsible.]]></description>
</item><item>
<title>Europe’s Radical Right Is Rising – And the EU’s Double Standards Are Fuelling the Backlash</title>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://wcss.world/613-europes-radical-right-is-rising-and-the-eus-double-standards-are-fuelling-the-backlash.html</guid>
<link>https://wcss.world/613-europes-radical-right-is-rising-and-the-eus-double-standards-are-fuelling-the-backlash.html</link>
<dc:creator>supercat</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
<category>Article</category>
<description><![CDATA[Europe’s political establishment keeps warning younger voters about the horrors of fascism, but those warnings are losing their force. In a sharp CIDOB commentary, Francis Ghilès argues that the growing appeal of radical-right parties in France, Germany and Italy cannot simply be blamed on fading memories of the Second World War.]]></description>
</item></channel></rss>