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- European Power

Green peace: How Europe’s climate policy can survive the war in Ukraine
- Susi Dennison
- Policy Brief
Russia’s war on Ukraine has weakened European governments’ commitment to EU climate goals. European leaders should intensify their efforts to build clean, sustainable energy security.
- European Power

Peace versus Justice: The coming European split over the war in Ukraine
- Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard
- Policy Brief
New ECFR research reveals that Europeans are split about the long-term goals of the war in Ukraine. Unless political leaders find a new language to bridge the gap between emerging “Peace” and “Justice” camps, Europe could become polarised between – and within – countries.
- European Power

European Sovereignty Index
- Jana Puglierin, Pawel Zerka (eds.)
- Special
The EU can overcome the new challenges it faces and can shape the global order. To achieve this, Europeans will need to improve their joint capacity to act.

Annual Council Meeting 2022 – Zeitenwende for Europe: Building a new global order in times of unpeace
- ECFR Berlin
Just days ahead of the G7, EU and NATO summits, ECFR’s Council Members – Europe’s leading decision-makers, opinion-shapers, and public intellectuals – gathered on 19-20 June in Berlin for the ECFR Annual Council Meeting
Podcasts
Lessons for a post-Ukraine world with Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Zakaria discusses the political, geopolitical, and geo-economic changes to the world order after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Featured projects
European Sovereignty
To prosper and maintain their independence in a world of geopolitical competition, the EU needs to learn to think like a geopolitical power

European Sovereignty Index
- Jana Puglierin, Pawel Zerka (eds.)
Re:shape Global Europe
The project strives to engage citizens across Europe and generate a wide debate about the purpose of European power in the twenty-first century

The Power Atlas
- Mark Leonard (ed.)
Public opinion polling
Through polling in EU member states, ECFR’s analysis seeks to unlock shifting coalitions in Europe that favour a more internationally engaged union

Peace versus Justice: The coming European split over the war in Ukraine
- Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard
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- European Power

Image rites: Poland’s new role in Europe
- Piotr Buras, Pawel Zerka
- Commentary
- 2 minute read
Warsaw is in a uniquely strong position to launch an ambitious initiative for the EU’s eastern neighbourhood. To do this, it will need to use its new image in Europe to good effect.
- Middle East and North Africa

Borrell in Tehran: How to overcome three obstacles to the Iran nuclear deal
- Ellie Geranmayeh
- Commentary
- 5 minute read
The collapse of the Iran nuclear deal could lead to military escalation and further turmoil in the global energy market. Europe can only address these threats through diplomacy with Iran and the US.
- European Power

Draghi race: Italian voters and Russia’s war on Ukraine
- Teresa Coratella
- Commentary
- 4 minute read
Draghi’s approach to Italian and EU policy on Russia is at odds with the public mood in Italy. He will need to act quickly if he is to convince voters at home to support his foreign policy choices.
- Wider Europe

Putin’s archaic war: Russia’s newly outlawed professional class – and how it could one day return
- Kadri Liik
- Commentary
- 9 minute read
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is effectively ‘demodernising’ Russia. Military victories for Moscow will make it inordinately harder for more democratic-minded, if not pro-Western, successors to restore Russia to the international community.
- Wider Europe

Russia, Ukraine, and the Orthodox church: Where religion meets geopolitics and war
- Engjellushe Morina, Andrew Wilson
- Commentary
- 7 minute read
In Ukraine and North Macedonia, the Orthodox Church is facing deep, even violent, splits, on the one hand; and is edging closer to resolving decades-old disputes, on the other
- Wider Europe

Join forces: How to sustain public support for Ukraine’s EU accession
- Tefta Kelmendi, Gosia Piaskowska
- Commentary
- 2 minute read
Most Europeans now support Ukraine’s accession to the EU. Yet the union’s energy, economic, and security policies will need to address public fears if it is to sustain this support.
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Macron has really tried to coordinate with other Europeans – more than he gets credit for
Ulrike Franke speaks about how France and Germany are handling the current crisis
With the finalisation of the resignation of Sadr’s MPs, there is now more clarity from the Shiite parties on forming the new government
Either one side collapses and capitulates, but that seems unlikely at the moment, or the fighting continues
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Trading aims: The value of Africa’s deep integration trade agreement
- Iza Lejarraga
- Policy Brief
Africa’s new trade agreement promises deep economic integration on the continent – and offers the opportunity for greater African-European cooperation, including on the role trade can play in the green and digital transitions
Russia’s long shadow in the Sahel
- Andrew Lebovich, Theodore Murphy
- Commentary
- 5 minute read
Partnership through crisis: The real meaning of Scholz’s Africa trip
- Theodore Murphy
- Commentary
- 4 minute read
More on Asia

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.
Ambitions and access: The new economic framework for the Indo-Pacific
- Frédéric Grare
- Commentary
- 3 minute read
Cold reality: How Europe is adjusting to China’s support for Putin
- Janka Oertel
- Commentary
- 5 minute read
More on European Power

The geopolitics of technology: How the EU can become a global player
- Julian Ringhof, José Ignacio Torreblanca
- Policy Brief
The digital space is a key battleground in today’s global power struggles. For the EU to become a global player in the geopolitics of technology, it needs an ambitious external digital strategy – one that allows it to secure its interests, values, and standing in a world of intensifying geo-technological competition.
Closed-skies diplomacy: What the Western Balkans can do for the EU
- Majda Ruge
- Commentary
- 4 minute read
Rule of three: How unfinished business threatens the EU
- Piotr Buras
- Commentary
- 4 minute read
More on Middle East and North Africa

Principled pragmatism: Europe’s place in a multipolar Middle East
- Julien Barnes-Dacey, Hugh Lovatt
- Policy Brief
Europeans need to deal with the Middle East as it is rather than as they want it to be, while staying focused on the principles needed to secure longer-term stability
From parliament to street: Iraq’s emerging politics of domination
- Hamzeh Hadad
- Commentary
- 4 minute read
Tools of influence: Drone proliferation in the Middle East and North Africa
- Federico Borsari
- Commentary
- 5 minute read
More on Wider Europe

Partnership for Enlargement: A new way to integrate Ukraine and the EU’s eastern neighbourhood
- Kai-Olaf Lang, Piotr Buras
- Policy Brief
Russia’s war on Ukraine means the EU must devise a new approach to its neighbourhood. It should establish a Partnership for Enlargement that offers Ukraine and other states concrete steps towards deeper integration.
Changer things: Kazakhstan’s second republic
- Marie Dumoulin
- Commentary
- 4 minute read
Russia’s long shadow in the Sahel
- Andrew Lebovich, Theodore Murphy
- Commentary
- 5 minute read
Views from the Council

Denmark’s Zeitenwende
- Iben Tybjærg Schacke-Barfoed, Lykke Friis
- View from the Council
- 5 minute read
Denmark’s decision to end its opt-out from EU defence shows that it is still possible to win referendums on closer European integration. Yet it does not signal a broader shift in the country’s EU policy.
NordNATO: Why the case for Finland to join NATO is stronger than ever
- Hanna Ojanen
- View from the Council
- 3 minute read
Necessary friends: Turkey’s improving relationship with the West
- Suat Kınıklıoğlu
- View from the Council
- 4 minute read