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Is CEE Facing a Detroit Moment?
5 November 2026
24 September 2026
Ahead of today’s Trump-Xi meeting, I spoke with Theresa Fallon, Founder and Director of the Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies in Brussels. Read on Europe’s China threat, the coming EU Security Strategy and the limits of Brussels’ toolbox.
This conversation happened on the sidelines of the Europe Future Forum, organised by Visegrad Insight and Res Publica Foundation.
Theresa Fallon was recently named the second most popular influencer shaping the EU conversation online on foreign affairs in Brussels.
Vitali Matyshau: First of all, thank you for your panel at the Europe Future Forum, ‘Europe Must Choose Its Rivals’, where you spoke about the difficulties Europe faces in developing a coherent policy towards China. Let me start with the second part of the panel’s title, for those who were not with us in Warsaw. Who are Europe’s rivals today?