In contrast to the Nobel Peace Prize given to Obama, the EP has acted soundly in giving the Sakharov Prize to Memorial
After the elections for Commission president, we are now drowned in the gibberish of the Council of Europe president elections
The prospect of a Conservative government in the UK will be just the latest in a long line of challenges for the European project.
As the world tries to deal with a rebellius Iran, Europe keeps on discussing internally. A ‘yes’ in Ireland would put an end to this.
We have to find a way to end our internal divisions and restore our leadership.
African farmers need seeds and fertilizers - and Governments that work.
The recent controversy in the UK regarding a shortage of military equipment in Afghanistan highlights a wider refusal in Europe to recognise the nature of the security threats in a post Cold War world.
Equatorial Guinea is a deplorable tyranny, and that Obiang has no intention of building a democracy.
Events in Iran show just to what extent the new technologies can affect the political landscape.
The economic crisis has highlighted the lack of respect member states have for the European Commission.
Europe needs to take decisive action on three Portuguese fronts: the Lisbon Agenda, the Lisbon Treaty and Barroso.
Events in Iran look set to have significant repercussions on the rest of the world.
Low turnout levels in the EU elections will only be reversed by greater transparency.
As Europe celebrates the 5th anniversary of enlargement, the concept of Eastern Europe is unfortunately still alive and well
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 France's pension protests.
Jose Ignacio Torreblanca on the significance of ETA's call for a cease-fire.
Thomas Klau on Germany’s linchpin role in the eurozone governance debate.