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.

ECFR China expert Francois Godement is participating in a conference with Dominique Strauss-Kahn and former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin on “Europe/China: Facing our common challenges”. The conference is being live streamed in English, French and Chinese.

ECFR co-hosts a private high-level workshop on transatlantic relations in Washington, DC.

Francois Godement gave a lecture at LSE on 25th May on the subject of China and the International System: Joining, Contributing or Hollowing Out?

ECFR and GMF convene a group of top analysts and European officials to discuss the future of Sino-European relations and the effectiveness of current EU policy towards China.

On 17 May former US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, publically presented her new report, “NATO 2020”, at an event in Brussels organised by ECFR and Carnegie Europe.

On 10-11 May 2010, ECFR welcomed European foreign ministers for talks on EU-Russia relations in Brussels.

Thanks to the support of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ECFR hosted a discussion on transatlantic relations in Sofia. Nick Witney and Jeremy Shapiro’s “A Power Audit of EU-US Relations” (published last year) formed the basis for the discussions.

Staff at ECFR’s London office are spending their first day in their new Westminster offices. If you need to contact anyone at ECFR London, please call +44 7787431 820. 

ECFR publishes collection of views from key Russian intellectuals in Spanish.

Daniel Korski and Richard Gowan, ECFR Senior Policy Fellows and authors of the ECFR report “Can the EU rebuild failing states? A review of Europe’s civilian capacities”, travelled to Brussels to chair discussions on EU’s ability to support capacity building in crisis situations.

Andrew Wilson has formed an advisory group to launch a substantive intra-EU dialogue on Russia and the Eastern Neighbourhood. The group met for the first time in Brussels last week.

The Head of ECFR’s Sofia office has been appointed spokesperson for the Bulgarian MFA.

A panel discussion on EU-US relations announces the establishment of ECFR’s representation in the Italian capital.