Egypt’s counterterrorism strategy: The missing element
Egypt’s government is not currently a constructive partner for the West in fighting violent extremism
Archive: 2017
China at the gates: A new power audit of EU-China relations
Europeans should adopt more realist positions vis-à-vis China, to defend their own interests and urgently restore balance in the relationship
Emmanuel Macron and the future of Europe
Mark Leonard speaks with Shahin Vallée, former Economic Advisor to the President of the European Council and to Emmanuel Macron when he was French Economy Minister
29 Nov
The third ECFR Japan-Europe Forum
ECFR Berlin office and Asia & China Programme are holding the third annual Japan-Europe Form for Global Issues in Berlin on November 29th
Debacle in the Donbas
The Donbas is seeing a coup within a coup, as two of the leading separatists turn on each other
Spain’s Kosovo-Catalonia conundrum
Madrid is inadvertently equating Catalonia and Kosovo and, by doing so, revealing itself to be unable to distinguish between legitimate aspirations for self-rule and destabilizing separatism
Has PESCO turned sour?
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses the launch of PESCO, the latest collective European defence initiative with ECFR Senior Policy Fellow Nick Witney and Policy Fellow,…
The Zarrab affair
The saga of an Iranian gold trader has driven a wedge between Turkey and its allies
23 Nov
Transformation or isolation? EU policy towards its Eastern neighbours
How to reform the Eastern Partnership in order to adapt it not only to changing circumstances, but also to the needs and expectations of both sides?
23 Nov
Transformacja czy izolacja? Polityka UE wobec wschodnich sąsiadów
Jak zreformować Partnerstwo Wschodnie, by lepiej odpowiadało nie tylko zmieniającej się sytuacji, ale także potrzebom i oczekiwaniom obu stron?