Europeans need to respect what non-Western powers think, and that includes their militaries. Europe's Asian, African and Latin American counterparts are already playing a more vital role on the world stage; once Europe's defence budget cuts start to bite, this role will only increase.
ECFR italiano: le missioni civili all'estero funzionano?
ECFR español: El enfoque integral para la defensa europea
ECFR français: la crise et les devoirs du couple franco-allemand
ECFR reports: Europe in crisis - what next?
ECFR deutsch: zu Deutschlands Rolle in Europa
The economic crisis has unquestionably dented the credibility of the liberal international order and caused a Europe-wide identity crisis. But, Susi Dennison argues, it would be a dangerous time for the EU to abandon its values, principles and approach to international relations. The economic crisis is already big enough; the last thing Europe needs is an existential one too.
The EU needs to go beyond the standard "wait, react, peacekeep!" approach to handling looming crises. Instead, Richard Gowan argues, the EU ought to focus on early diplomacy. Given the strains on national budgets, this may be a job for the EU-Team (aka the European External Action Service).
It's easier to enter a maximum security prison than Gaza. Lord Patten argues that the world – starting with the US administration and the European Union – should tell Israel to take its boot off Gaza's windpipe.
At a time of constrained budgets, getting the EU to invest more in conflict prevention and human rights protection in faraway places like Sudan and Kyrgyzstan may be a hard sell. But, as Richard Gowan argues, the alternative is another generation of Kosovos.
En Europa, la crisis tiene su lado político: el declive de la participación y el auge del populismo. La izquierda parece haber sido superada por una revolución conservadora. El miembro del Consejo de ECFR López Aguilar llama a esa izquierda atacada por un pesimismo de la voluntad a retomar la iniciativa, porque en esta crisis ¡es la política, estúpido!
ECFR & IAI join forces at an event in Rome, 22 June 2010. Richard Gowan presents the ECFR study: “Can the EU rebuild failing states? A review of Europe’s civilian capabilities” and Nicoletta Pirozzi, IAI, presents: “L’Italia nelle missioni civili dell’UE – Criticità e Prospettive.”
ECFR’s office in Westminster had its formal launch with a pair of seminars looking at Britain and Europe in the coming years. The seminars featured some of the biggest thinkers on foreign relations, politics and the economic crisis, including George Soros, Lord Ashdown, Timothy Garton Ash, Emma Bonino and Joschka Fischer.
This latest edition of “China Analysis” looks at the response to the Copenhagen conference within China itself, as it faces the worst environment position imaginable, threatening its systems and interests.
China is now a huge foreign policy challenge to the EU: it must respond with a global China policy.
Risk of instability in the Western Balkans: the EU can no longer 'wait-and-see'.
The Yanukovych Paradox: How Ukraine’s new president can be good news for Europe after all.
The latest issue of China Analysis looks at Beijing’s willingness to strengthen international economic governance, and its authors argue that much thinking in China seems to focus on the short term
The authors of the latest issue of China Analysis argue that Western concerns over “Chindia” - the emergence of a Sino-Indian economic power bloc or strategic alliance - may be unwarranted.
Europe has the US president it wished for, but does Barack Obama have the strong transatlantic partner he wants?
Have broken promises and treating Afghanistan, DR Congo and Iraq like Bosnia left the EU without the capacity to prevent fragile states from becoming failing states?
ECFR publishes a collection of views from key Russian intellectuals.
The EU’s ongoing loss of influence at the UN is putting lives at risk, argues the author of ECFR’s latest paper.
Thomas Klau on Germany’s linchpin role in the eurozone governance debate.
Ulrike Guerot on Germany's place in Europe, post euro crisis.
Andrew Wilson says Ukraine's greatest success has been its 'survival'.
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