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William Dixon

William Dixon is a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the world’s oldest security and defense think tank, as well as an associate fellow of GLOBSEC. He served as a senior executive at the World Economic Forum and as Global Head of Intelligence at Barclays. He began his career within the U.K.’s intelligence community at GCHQ.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives for a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on April 14, 2026.
Opinion

Ukraine should not reject associate EU membership

by William Dixon, Maksym Beznosiuk
Volodymyr Zelensky made a rare misstep when German Chancellor Friedrich Merz proposed associate EU membership for Ukraine, offering institutional access, participation in Council meetings, gradual budget integration, and critically, Article 42(7) security guarantees. Zelensky rejected it, insisting Ukraine deserves full and equal membership. In principle, most Europeans would agree. On politics, however, we can argue. Ukraine's EU candidacy is not the problem Europe is currently trying to solv

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