Nuclear North Korea: Perpetuating the fiction
For Pyongyang, a “double suspension” agreement could be a turning point towards the goal of being recognized as a nuclear state
Commentary
Local actors hold key to de-escalation in Yemen
Engagement with power brokers in Marib, Mukalla, Taiz and Aden is key to avoid mistakes of Sanaa-centric post-2011 transitional process
Rejecting suicide, Britain settles for self-harm on Brexit
What do we know about Brexit?
Reparations and the crisis of Poland’s foreign policy
The return of the reparations debacle reveals how Poland’s international relations have been infected by PiS’ primitive approach to morality, history and sovereignty
Can the Kurds lead in Syria?
The urgent issue for the Kurds is to develop a governance model that will work in Kurdish majority as well as Arab majority areas
An interconnected outlier: the unaccounted costs of Brexit
By leaving the EU Britain gives up unique ties and influence with its EU partners. They are fast adapting
What are the dynamics between EU heavyweights in the face of Brexit?
The Franco-German axis, the Big Three and the Weimar Triangle, are all well-known constellations of European heavyweights. ECFR’s EU28 Survey allows for dissecting the complex relations within ‘the Big Six’, evaluating these and other bilateral and trilateral inter-group relationships in the face of the Brexit
The UN GGE is dead: Time to fall forward
The top down UN GGE process appears dead in the water. International norms and laws for responding to cyber attacks must now be built from the bottom up
Russia in Libya: War or Peace?
Europe must use its diplomatic leverage to ensure that increased Russian involvement does not come at the cost of further destabilisation on Europe’s southern border
Germany’s New Power of the Purse
Berlin's firmer line on Turkey confirms Germany's status as a major economic power