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Key players: Why mining is central to the EU’s critical raw materials ambitions in Africa

  • Ludivine Wouters

The German scapegoat: Berlin’s inevitable role in the US presidential election

  • Jana Puglierin, Majda Ruge

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Fragile unity: Why Europeans are coming together on Ukraine (and what might drive them apart)

  • Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard
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Recent polling for ECFR suggests that Europeans have come closer together in their support for Ukraine. But the factors driving this unity are fragile, contingent, and may not last

The politics of dialogue: How the EU can change the conversation in Kosovo and Serbia

  • Engjellushe Morina
  • Policy Brief

A new agreement between Kosovo and Serbia is a welcome step – but the EU can transform the situation by setting out clearer accession prospects for both countries

Opening the Global Gateway: Why the EU should invest more in the southern neighbourhood

  • Alberto Rizzi, Arturo Varvelli
  • Policy Brief

The EU should invest more Global Gateway funding in the southern neighbourhood, helping it achieve strategic nearshoring, clean energy, and regional connectivity goals

United West, divided from the rest: Global public opinion one year into Russia’s war on Ukraine

  • Timothy Garton Ash, Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard
  • Policy Brief

New polling for ECFR reveals the West is consolidating – while facing an increasingly post-Western world, in which powers such as India and Turkiye are readier than ever to act independently

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Georgia’s fight for its future: Understanding recent protests in Tbilisi and the rift between the government and the wider population

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Key players: Why mining is central to the EU’s critical raw materials ambitions in Africa

  • Ludivine Wouters
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

The EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act provides an opportunity to redefine the EU’s relationship with Africa – but it can only do so with the mining sector and European industrial actors on board

The German scapegoat: Berlin’s inevitable role in the US presidential election

  • Jana Puglierin, Majda Ruge
  • Note from Berlin
  • 3 minute read

Germany cannot avoid being dragged into election debates in the US. On defence, it should focus on its own national security interests

Population-centric: Lessons from Russia’s hybrid war in Moldova

  • Dumitru Minzarari
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

Russian political proxies are weaponising protests in Moldova, escalating Russia’s hybrid war in the country. Despite optimistic appearances, Moldovan authorities are ill-prepared to face this crisis.

Sanity returns to British foreign policy

  • Nick Witney
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

Rishi Sunak has reintroduced sensible pragmatism to British foreign policy – but the nature of today’s Tory party means he is not out of the woods yet

The shoots of stability: What the Saudi-Iran deal means for the Middle East and Europe

  • Julien Barnes-Dacey, Cinzia Bianco, Ellie Geranmayeh
  • Commentary
  • 5 minute read

Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to begin the process of normalising their relations. Europeans should consider how to help entrench the stabilising gains of the agreement – even as they navigate difficulties with Iran

Rerouting goodwill: The risks of diverting aid from Africa to Europe

  • Sara Harcourt, David McNair
  • View from the Council
  • 3 minute read

European countries risk undermining their Africa strategies if they continue to neglect the numerous crises on the continent and divert aid to Europe

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Ukraine will receive the export variant of the Abrams, like those in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iraq
Gustav Gressel
Deutsche Welle 26 March 2023

Gressel’s analysis on the restrictions to US military support to Ukraine

Morawiecki spreads an anachronistic vision of the EU. He builds up a bugbear of an EU-superstate, and calls for resistance against a perceived centralisation and federalisation
Piotr Buras
Der Tagesspiegel 21 March 2023

Piotr Buras comments on the speech of Poland’s prime minister Morawiecki at the University of Heidelberg  

If you doubt America’s commitment to Europe, you also have to tolerate doubt in Germany’s commitment to Eastern Europe
Rafael Loss
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung 21 March 2023

Rafael Loss revisits Berlin’s refusal to provide Leopard tanks to Ukraine without the US

One of the messages they regularly intend to send is that NATO is able to do things that Russia is not
Rafael Loss
The Christian Science Monitor 21 March 2023

Rafael Loss discusses how NATO exercises signal the alliance resolve

More on Africa

Tricks of the trade: Strengthening EU-African cooperation on trade in services

  • Iza Lejarraga
  • Policy Brief

Services play an increasingly important role in international trade. Improving EU-African trade in services would have wide-ranging benefits for both sides


Russia under pressure: How Europe and the US are upping the ante in Africa

  • Theodore Murphy
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

Principles for global order: How Europeans and the global south can shape the international order together

  • Theodore Murphy
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

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A question of balance: India and Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

  • Frédéric Grare
  • Policy Brief

Europeans have found India’s position on the Ukraine war frustrating. But, although it is dependent on Russia for its arms, and has huge worries about China, India is actually moving inexorably closer to the West.


Brothers (not yet) in arms: China-Russia relations a year into the war in Ukraine

  • Alicja Bachulska
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

Mob diplomacy

  • Mark Leonard
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

More on European Power

EU Energy Deals Tracker

  • Susi Dennison, Gosia Piaskowska, Pawel Zerka
  • Special

The energy deals the EU and its member states are now making with third countries will shape Europeans’ ability to protect their energy security in the long term. The EU Energy Deals Tracker provides a comprehensive overview of these agreements, including their implications for the sustainable transition.


To tell the Truth: The Republican party’s Ukraine divide

  • Majda Ruge
  • Commentary
  • 3 minute read

Mob diplomacy

  • Mark Leonard
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

More on Middle East and North Africa

From aid to inclusion: A better way to help Syrian refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan

  • Kelly Petillo
  • Policy Brief

Europeans should adopt a new approach to supporting Syrian refugees – one that would also benefit host communities in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan


Saied’s crackdown: How the EU can stand up for human rights in Tunisia

  • Anthony Dworkin
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

Tipping point: What Israel’s illiberal turn means for Palestinians

  • Hugh Lovatt
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

More on Wider Europe

Broken Dream: The oligarch, Russia, and Georgia’s drift from Europe

  • Régis Genté
  • Policy Brief

Georgian government actions are hindering the country’s journey to the EU, yet the Georgian people are strongly pro-European. The EU should more tightly condition the support it provides


Alligator arms: A proactive strategy for Ukraine’s military support

  • Dmytro Kryvosheiev
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

Brothers (not yet) in arms: China-Russia relations a year into the war in Ukraine

  • Alicja Bachulska
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

Views from the Council

The power of pragmatism: Nuclear energy, technological innovation, and the green transition

  • Svilen Spasov
  • View from the Council
  • 5 minute read

To propel the green transition, the EU needs to combine more self-sufficiency in nuclear energy with a forward-thinking approach to technological innovation


Iran’s revolution of freedom

  • Norbert Röttgen
  • View from the Council
  • 4 minute read

Global solidarity or collective suicide: Why we cannot abandon the Paris Agreement’s global warming target

  • Edwin Bendyk
  • View from the Council
  • 4 minute read
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