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Independence play: Europe's pursuit of strategic autonomy ecfr.eu Jul 18, 2019 7 facts
claimMaltese politicians avoid commenting on the military capabilities Europe needs for strategic autonomy due to a reluctance to engage in joint military operations, though they consider energy, information manipulation, and limiting European arms exports as elements of European strategic autonomy.
claimMaltese officials believe European strategic autonomy efforts and NATO can be compatible, provided NATO avoids delinking, duplicating, or discriminating between their activities, and they view American concerns about European strategic autonomy as a misunderstanding that Europe needs to resolve.
claimAustria, Croatia, Estonia, and Malta perceive European Strategic Autonomy primarily as information autonomy, which involves intelligence, analysis, and data collection.
claimMaltese officials and experts prioritize increases in information autonomy over decision-making autonomy or autonomy of action when pursuing European strategic autonomy.
claimMaltese officials and experts generally view the immediate European neighbourhood, particularly Mediterranean states, as the appropriate area for European strategic autonomy initiatives.
claimMost EU countries view European Strategic Autonomy (ESA) efforts as having mixed results, with Slovenia and Malta seeing little progress, and Croatia believing the EU is further away from achieving ESA than it previously was.
claimMalta's constitutional commitment to neutrality leads the country to prioritize national sovereignty in security matters and view European strategic autonomy through the lens of national interest and regional crisis management.
Private Wealth Migration 2025 | Press Release - Henley & Partners henleyglobal.com Jun 24, 2025 3 facts
measurementMalta experienced 87% growth in its millionaire population, though this trajectory may be impacted by an April European Court of Justice ruling against its citizenship by naturalization process.
claimAffluent individuals are relocating from the United Kingdom to tax-friendly jurisdictions including the UAE, Monaco, and Malta, as well as lifestyle havens such as Italy, Greece, Portugal, and Switzerland.
quoteAndrew Amoils, Head of Research at New World Wealth, stated: "If one reviews the fastest growing wealth markets in the world over the past decade, it is noticeable that most of these countries are either popular destinations for migrating millionaires — such as Montenegro, the UAE, Malta, the USA, and Costa Rica — or emerging market tech hubs like China, India, and Taiwan. This demonstrates the importance of millionaire migration in driving new wealth formation in a country."
Experts react: How the US war with Iran is playing out around the ... atlanticcouncil.org Mar 1, 2026 2 facts
accountGina Abercrombie-Winstanley is a distinguished fellow at the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative and the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, a former US ambassador to Malta, and a former special assistant for the Middle East and Africa to the secretary of state.
claimGina Abercrombie-Winstanley served as the US ambassador to the Republic of Malta and as special assistant for the Middle East and Africa to the secretary of state.
Actar Publishers actar.com 1 fact
claimThe research project 'Valletta – Accra: A Dialogue Between Mercantile Cities' aims to study Accra, the capital of Ghana, and Valletta, the capital of Malta, as two capitals across two continents that hold memories of colonial presence and mercantile potential.