BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 22 -- The European Policy Centre issued the following commentary on Aug. 20, 2026, by senior adviser Tobias Etzold: * * * Icelandic EU ambitions: half-in, but still reluctant to join Iceland will hold a referendum on 29 August 2026 on whether to resume negotiations with the European Union (EU) on membership. The resurgence of great-power competition in the strategically important North Atlantic has created an increasingly uncertain and unstable environment in which smaller states feel particularly affected. NATO and t more PR