The EU's bank stress tests were flawed. The methodology suffered fundamental problems and was designed to fix the results. As ECFR council member Wolfgang Münchau argues in the Financial Times, if you tried to test the safety of cars using the same method, you would end up in jail.

Before the euro crisis, Europe's leaders talked up the EU's global role. Now they are emphasising Europe's weaknesses and turning their backs on important foreign and security issues. In the meantime, crises continue to bubble in places like Sudan and the Middle East. Richard Gowan argues that weakness is not an excuse for inaction, but a reason to work in coalition.

The Political West (the US, Europe and Japan) are in the doldrums while the BRICs keep growing. A third of world economic growth in the last decade has taken place in BRIC countries. So far, so good for the BRICs. But what next?

Die Machtbalace in den deutsch-französischen Beziehungen hat sich radikal verschoben.

We have always known a monetary union cannot exist without political union in the long run.

There is one worrying element to Greece’s financial tragedy that people seem to have forgotten: Greece first turned to Beijing for help.

The eurozone must end its fiscal ambiguity.

All we have really done is change the decision-making body, while the causes and symptoms of the financial crisis remain unchecked.

An open letter on the Latvian economic crisis, signed by ECFR members, including Martti Ahtisaari, Mark Leonard and George Soros.

The world crisis and its impact on Asian regional integration and economic security: An article for the Asia-Pacific Security Forum 2009.

The Icelandic application for EU membership is a little bit special: propelled by the economic crisis, the EU’s eagerness will annoy other potential accession states.

Europe should be a model for liberals the world over. But today, Europe is increasingly characterised by fear.

Enlarged G8 summits are proving to be inefficient and the EU bears much of the blame.

The economic crisis has highlighted the lack of respect member states have for the European Commission.

Ahead of the G20 summit, ECFR calls on EU leaders to show the vision and leadership to develop a coordinated position on the financial crisis.