The EU’s approach in the western Balkans risks more instability

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.

Fears in Europe that China works to lock the US into a "G2" embrace so as to dominate the global agenda do not reflect Chinese experts' current strategic thinking.

Is a complacent strategy that focuses on gradual change rather than crises losing the EU its battle with Russia for influence in the eastern neighbourhood?

The EU has an opportunity to influence President Obama's efforts to reform US counterterrorism policy

China is exploiting the EU's divisions and treating the 27-state bloc with "diplomatic contempt" on issues ranging from trade to the Dalai Lama.

Will the military surge in Afghanistan fail without a civilian surge?

With the pivotal change of leadership in Washington, the US and the EU may have an ideal moment to strengthen the US-EU institutional bond.

Could building a single European market in natural gas be the most effective strategy for the European Union in countering Russia's divisive energy diplomacy?