Skip to content
  • ECFR home
  • Berlin
  • London
  • Madrid
  • Paris
  • Rome
  • Sofia
  • Warsaw
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • Podcasts
  • RSS feeds

European Council on Foreign Relations

  • Close menu
  • Areas
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • European Power
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Wider Europe
  • Analysis
    • Publications
    • Articles
    • Specials
    • Videos
    • Podcasts
  • Experts & Staff
  • Council
  • Events
  • About
    • About ECFR
    • Leadership
    • Support us
    • Jobs
    • Contact us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
    • LinkedIn
    • Podcasts
    • RSS feeds
    • Berlin
    • London
    • Madrid
    • Paris
    • Rome
    • Sofia
    • Warsaw
  • Menu
  • Search

Highlights

  • Russia attacks Ukraine
  • Opinion polling
  • Climate
  • European sovereignty
  • Economic sovereignty
  • All topics

Latest

Turn of phrase: Germany’s Zeitenwende

  • Angela Mehrer

Our top 5 podcast episodes of 2022 (so far…)

Featured

  • Wider Europe

Lessons for the West: Russia’s military failures in Ukraine

  • Denys Davydenko, Margaryta Khvostova, Olga Lymar
  • Commentary
  • 6 minute read

Ukraine has proven that it can counter Russian military tactics and strategy. To continue to do so, the country will require greater support from the West.

  • Wider Europe

The next war: How Russian hybrid aggression could threaten Moldova

  • Dumitru Minzarari
  • Policy Brief

Russia could target Moldova by embarking on a limited-scope but overt military invasion – or by pursuing more covert hybrid aggression scenarios. Moldova and the EU need to embrace “active resilience” to address this.

  • Middle East and North Africa

Hedge politics: Turkey’s search for balance in the Middle East

  • Asli Aydıntaşbaş
  • Policy Brief

Ankara is trying to normalise its relationships with Middle Eastern governments. The EU needs to adjust to the new Turkey that is emerging from this process.

  • Middle East and North Africa

Clear and president danger: Democracy and the constitution in Tunisia

  • Anthony Dworkin
  • Policy Brief

Tunisia’s new constitution would create an unaccountable presidency. European policymakers should state that it is not genuinely democratic, while continuing to support the country economically.

Recent events

8 Jul

New paperback released – The Age of Unpeace: How Connectivity Causes Conflict

  • 8 July 2022
  • Online
  • ECFR London
27 Jun

Europe and Africa in a time of crisis

  • 27 June 2022
  • Online

Podcasts

Cover image of the World in 30 minutes podcast

Another world is possible: The transformative power of political imagination

Geoff Mulgan and Mark Leonard discuss how to restore political imagination and harness creativity to solve current and future problems

Listen Subscribe

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

Featured

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

Featured

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

Featured

Peace versus Justice: The coming European split over the war in Ukraine

  • Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter

We will keep you informed about our latest publications and upcoming events.

We will store your email address and gather analytics on how you interact with our mailings. You can unsubscribe or opt-out at any time. Find out more in our privacy notice.

Latest

  • European Power

Turn of phrase: Germany’s Zeitenwende

  • Angela Mehrer
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

Scholz’s Zeitenwende speech was widely viewed as a major adjustment to Germany’s foreign and security policy. But, six months on, it is unclear whether the country is up to the task.

Our top 5 podcast episodes of 2022 (so far…)

  • Commentary
  • 3 minute read

In August, ECFR is having a short break from our World in 30 Minutes podcast, so we’re taking the opportunity to sit back and look – or listen – over the past six months

  • Asia

Democratic deterrence: Why Europeans should challenge China’s narrative on Taiwan

  • Janka Oertel
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan is no deviation from established protocols as China claims. Rather, it is a sign of a fundamental change in lawmakers’ ability to support democracy.

  • Wider Europe

Power of need: Energy security in the Western Balkans

  • Engjellushe Morina
  • Commentary
  • 3 minute read

Western Balkans states need to join the EU’s energy transition. They can do so in several ways.

  • European Power

Truss versus Sunak: The foreign policy of Britain’s next prime minister

  • Adam Harrison
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

The early debates between candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak lack any recognition of how Britain’s biggest foreign policy challenges relate to one another

  • Africa

Demand swerve: Lavrov in Africa

  • Theodore Murphy
  • Commentary
  • 3 minute read

By making new offers of partnership to African countries, Russia is setting a trap for the West

In the media

Our experts are available for media requests. Our work involves many issues relating to Europe and foreign policy, and our programmes focus on Africa, Asia, the Middle East & North Africa, and Wider Europe.

All our experts Newsroom
On both issues Putin holds enormous leverage over Erdogan
Asli Aydıntaşbaş
New York Times 11 August 2022

Asli Aydintasbas comments on the relationship between Putin and Erdogan

Even if the agreement is signed tomorrow, there will be no immediate rush to Iran
Ellie Geranmayeh
L’Express 11 August 2022

Ellie Geranmayeh comments on the final text of the JCPOA

Even if the deal is signed tomorrow, there will be no immediate gold rush to Iran
Ellie Geranmayeh
L’Express 11 August 2022

Ellie Geranmayeh quoted on the possible scenarios for the Iran nuclear deal

Everyone ought to be a bit careful when talking about drawing parallels and talking about another war in the Balkans
Engjellushe Morina
TRT World 9 August 2022

Engjellushe Morina is interviewed on Across the Balkans on the tensions between Kosovo and Serbia

More on Africa

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


No cold war, please: How Europeans should engage non-aligned states

  • Gwamaka Kifukwe
  • Commentary
  • 2 minute read

Russia’s long shadow in the Sahel

  • Andrew Lebovich, Theodore Murphy
  • Commentary
  • 5 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.


Tokyo drift: War in Europe and Japan’s shifting strategy

  • Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

Ambitions and access: The new economic framework for the Indo-Pacific

  • Frédéric Grare
  • Commentary
  • 3 minute read

More on European Power

Iron net: Digital repression in the Middle East and North Africa

  • James Lynch
  • Policy Brief

Governments across the world have powerful digital tools to control and repress their populations. The EU should treat this as an urgent security and political concern.


Bond villains: The European Central Bank’s new strategy

  • Filip Medunic
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

Whatever it breaks: Draghi’s downfall and the future of Italy

  • Teresa Coratella, Arturo Varvelli
  • Commentary
  • 3 minute read

More on Middle East and North Africa

Early warning: How Iraq can adapt to climate change

  • Nussaibah Younis
  • Policy Brief

Climate change is increasing the strain on Iraqi society and public services. Despite this, the country’s political figures are overlooking the huge benefits that climate investment would bring.


Deadlocked and loaded: Iraq’s political inertia

  • Hamzeh Hadad
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

Fly for a might guy: Putin’s drone deal with Iran

  • Federico Borsari
  • Commentary
  • 4 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.


Strike traction: ​​How the West can support a Ukrainian counter-offensive

  • Denys Davydenko, Margaryta Khvostova, Olga Lymar
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

Fly for a might guy: Putin’s drone deal with Iran

  • Federico Borsari
  • Commentary
  • 4 minute read

Views from the Council

The case for a confederal Europe

  • Alexander Stubb
  • View from the Council
  • 3 minute read

The EU should ensure that all willing and able European democracies have a clear and realistic path to membership or an alternative form of cooperation. Europe’s future depends on it.


Denmark’s Zeitenwende

  • Iben Tybjærg Schacke-Barfoed, Lykke Friis
  • View from the Council
  • 5 minute read

NordNATO: Why the case for Finland to join NATO is stronger than ever

  • Hanna Ojanen
  • View from the Council
  • 3 minute read
  • About
    • About us
    • Council
    • Experts & Staff
    • Leadership
    • Support us
    • Jobs
    • Contact us
  • Areas
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • European Power
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Wider Europe
  • Analysis
    • Publications
    • Articles
    • Specials
    • Videos
    • Podcasts
  • ECFR Offices
    • Berlin
    • London
    • Madrid
    • Paris
    • Rome
    • Sofia
    • Warsaw
  • Media
    • Newsroom
    • ECFR in the media
    • Meet our experts
  • Follow us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
    • LinkedIn
    • Podcast
    • RSS feeds
    • Newsletter
European Council on Foreign Relations
© European Council on Foreign Relations 2022
  • Imprint
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility