Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the international community’s response to it, has reaffirmed the transatlantic security architecture’s importance, but presents it with new challenges that it will have to adapt to. This means working and evolving together to counter new threats, build new capabilities, and making the way we think about collective security more holistic, to reflect the realities of a geopolitically uncertain 21st century.

The grave threat climate change poses to humanity, and the limited time we have to combat it, will lead to the most significant shifts to our lives, and livelihoods, since the 19th century’s Industrial Revolution. This shift’s impact will be felt far and wide, making it important that the world’s democracies cooperate to ensure that the transition is both swift and just. Fighting climate change means solving the biggest collective action problem we have ever encountered, but it is essential if we want to protect the planet which we all share and call home.

Technology has profoundly impacted the relationship between citizen and state in liberal democracies, and will continue to do so in new and unpredictable ways. It presents new opportunities for a rich, transparent, and more engaged form of civic life. But it also poses risks, as disruption, election-tampering, and spreading misinformation become easier than ever before too. Our shared existence in cyberspace can unite us or divide us, making it imperative that we try to shape this new frontier for the better.