Round-up of Day 1 of the Munich Security Conference 2018
ECFR's director Mark Leonard checks in with ECFR's Policy Fellows Ulrike Franke and Ellie Geranmayeh after the first day of the Munich Security Conference 2018
Archive: Feb 2018
Balkans: On track for EU membership or stagnation?
Three sets of challenges will have to be overcome if any of the candidate countries are to become EU members in 2025
Kosovo: The need for dialogue
The 10th anniversary of independence is a good moment for Kosovo to look forward and ask what sort of state it wants to be
The southern front line: EU counter-terrorism cooperation with Tunisia and Morocco
European states should devote more effort to joint work on radicalisation with Morocco and Tunisia
Visegrad dreams for Warsaw, nightmares for Berlin
A Visegrad alliance remains distant for now, but EU must address rising resentment about economic liberalisation in central and eastern Europe
A New Beginning for European Defence
It is time to move past institutional integration and develop practical European security capabilities
13 Feb
Дискусия, посветена на новата стратегия на Европейската комисия за разширяване към Западните Балкани
ЕК представи стратегията за разширяване на ЕС към Западните Балкани, озаглавена „Надеждна перспектива за разширяване за Западните Балкани и засилен ангажимент на ЕС към тях“. Каква е позицията на България като председател на Съвета на ЕС и най-голям застъпник на разширяването и как документът се приема в Македония и Сърбия? Това са само част от въпросите повдигнати в нашата дискусия.
Syria: New rules of the game?
As Syria’s civil war heads towards an end game, wider international fault lines are sharpening. Only Russia has the power to stop escalation but it is yet to choose its course.
13 Feb
Russian and Chinese defence industries developments and their implications for Europe
L'ECFR a le plaisir de vous convier à un BCM avec Nicu Popescu, Cyrille Bret, Mathieu Duchâtel et Gustavl Gressel. (L'événement est complet)
Overseeing Kosovo’s conditional independence
The lesson of Kosovo's transition to independence is the value of the ‘ICO model’; a timebound mandate and a commitment to local ownership, transparency and respect