In his keynote address to ECFR’s Berlin launch conference, Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for a stronger and more united European Union foreign policy.

Despite its economic strength and military might, the EU has begun to behave as if it were subordinate to an increasingly assertive Russia. Read ECFR’s “Power Audit” of EU-Russia relations.

Russia has emerged as the most divisive issue in the European Union since Donald Rumsfeld split the European club into ‘new’ and ‘old’ member states. Read an opinion piece published through Project Syndicate.

The EU is more divided on foreign policy now than during the Iraq War. But a house divided against itself cannot stand.

The EU waffles while Washington and Tehran move towards war. Yet Europe has a big stick if it is willing to use it

The U.S and Iran are on a collision course. But both countries’ policies are based on misperceptions of each other’s strength.

Europa ha hecho demasiado poco y demasiado tarde en Afganistán.

A global public opinion survey shows that there is growing public support for a more multi-polar world, and 35% of world citizens would like to see the EU’s influence to grow.

Ratification and implementation of the new EU treaty is an opportunity to win the argument for Europe’s global role

Pakistan’s stability is vital to Europe’s security. Why, then, does EU’s role in Pakistan bear all the hallmarks of the pre-Maastricht polity it no longer wants to be?

Europe has just as much to lose as Turkey if the doubters prevail in the membership battle

Unless something goes badly wrong, EU leaders will agree a new treaty at this week’s summit in Lisbon. This opinion piece was published by the Wall Street Journal.

Will the rise of China lead to inevitable conflict on the international stage? Or will China mellow and adapt to international norms as it grapples with the new requirements of its phenomenal growth?

European double-standards on Burma and Uzbekistan will hurt the EU’s interests and democracy in both countries.

L’ECFR è appena nato in Europa per offrire a tutti quegli europei convinti che serva un’Europa forte, attiva, e coesa nel mondo, uno strumento nuovo e moderno che li aiuti a trasformare questa convinzione in realtà.