Lexicon

Precise words for things currently described vaguely, because vague description is how bad policy hides. Every term is dated, sourced to its first public appearance, and defended in use.

Evergray Wars
Permanent, managed hostility conducted below the Article 5 threshold: unmanned, hybrid, and infrastructural, never formally declared and never formally concluded. Coined 27 May 2026.
Proximity Politics
The emerging EU doctrine by which border management authority devolves to frontline states: de facto first, de jure later. Coined 31 July 2026.
Sovereignty Washing
Rebranding American or Chinese cloud infrastructure as European sovereign without changing its ownership or jurisdiction. Coined May 2026.
Ahonen's Razor
Political analysis requires separating the problem, the attribution, and the solution. Conflating them produces bad policy. Coined 2026.
Ownership-Control Criterion
The test that jurisdiction follows ownership, not registration country or deployment geography. Coined May 2026.