EUROPE AWAKENS

Thirty-five years after the euphoria of 1989 and the promise of perpetual peace founded on trade, Europe is discovering that it must once again think of itself as a power. The invasion of Ukraine, the return of Russian imperial logic, and the American shift have shattered the illusion of a Europe protected by History.

From the end of the Cold War to the shock of 2022, the series explores a geopolitical transformation long postponed - strategic dependence on NATO, fractures between East and West, and the shift of Europe’s beating heart toward its eastern flank. What does Europe now seek to defend? At what democratic, industrial, and political cost can it become a sovereign military power?

Drawing on major archives, testimony from political, diplomatic, and military decision-makers, and analysis by European experts, this documentary series retraces the continent’s geopolitical awakening and examines a moment of truth - the moment when Europe must choose between becoming an actor or once again becoming a battlefield.