Niklas Helwig

Latest Analysis

Strategic culture(s) in Europe: Taking advantage of diversity in security and defence

Antti Seppo, Maria Rossi, Hanna Ojanen, Katariina Mustasilta, Niklas Helwig

FIIA, Finland

The EU in an age of empires: A liberal geopolitical force in the making?

Niklas Helwig, Juha Jokela, Manuel MĂĽller, Sanna Salo, Saila Heinikoski, Katariina Mustasilta, Cordelia Buchanan Ponczek

FIIA, Finland

The Niinistö report on preparedness: Finland’s lessons for the EU and their limitations

Niklas Helwig, Tuomas Iso-Markku

FIIA, Finland

The EU’s accidental geopolitics: Europe’s geopolitical adaptation and its limits

FIIA, Finland

EU-China relations in an uncertain world: Walking a geopolitical tightrope

Mikael Mattlin, Juha Jokela, Niklas Helwig, Sinikukka Saari

FIIA, Finland

Latest Policy Advice

Recommendations from members of the TEPSA network to the Irish Presidency

Prior to the regular TEPSA Pre-Presidency Conferences, TEPSA has a tradition of formulating recommendations to present to the incoming Council presidency. At the Irish Pre-Pre...

Strategic autonomy in an age of power politics

This edition of the TEPSA Experts’ Debrief, contributors confront the challenges facing the European Union, from great-power competition, to a tumultuous transatlantic relatio...

What future for Europe’s partnership with the United States?

In this edition of the European Council Experts’ Debrief, our experts focus on the omnipresent theme of global politics in 2025: the impacts of the second Trump administration...

Streamlining the EU: Better governance without Treaty change

In this special edition of the European Council Experts’ Debrief, Jim Cloos and guest co-editor Giles Merritt have gathered comments from former practitioners and leadin...