The Open Centre: Reimagining Europe’s offer to a fractured world

Europe must resist the temptation to become a fortress in a closed West. Instead, amid America and China’s geopolitical struggle, it has the history and values to be the place where the rest of the world finds common cause, writes Grégoire Roos.

The World Today

Published 15 June 2026

Updated 13 August 2026 — 8 minute READ

Image — Illustration: Belle Mellor.

Introducing ‘The World Tomorrow’

The international order by which much of the world, for better or for worse, has lived for nearly eight decades is eroding. What might succeed it? To try to answer that question and the many others that come with it, we are introducing ‘The World Tomorrow’, a strand for fresh ideas about the direction of global order. To start, Grégoire Roos presents his vision of a new role for Europe – we hope you enjoy it and the occasional essays, interviews and conversations that will follow.

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