No alternative: What the AfD wants for Europe
Despite its preoccupation with borders, the worldview of the AfD makes no distinction between foreign and domestic policy – and the party is using both to extend its deleterious influence
ECFR Berlin
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Middle East and North Africa
Charting a European path in the Gulf
Morning discussion with ECFR and external experts on European involvement in the Gulf and its engagement with other regional actors
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European Power
Sanctions on Russia: Profits, Pitfalls and Prospects
Experts present a report on the effectiveness and downfalls of the sanctions that were imposed on Russia by the European Union and the United States in the aftermath of the illegal annexation of Crimea.
The EU as regulatory superpower: can EU law be a geopolitical tool?
This week’s podcast episode sees very special participation from Anu Bradford, law professor at Columbia and author of “The Brussels Effect: How the European Union…
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European Power
The Brussels Effect: How the EU rules the world
We welcome you to join us when Anu Bradford presents her new book on the Brussels effect – a refreshingly positive perspective on the EUs dominant role in the world of trade and regulation
You better bring a book – the start of the EU’s lengthy budget talks
Negotiations over the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021 – 2027 just have started. But as tensions and divergences between the EU member states are…
Charm defensive: Macron and the Germans at the Munich Security Conference
To hope that German defence policy will become more French is equivalent to waiting for Godot.
Westlessness: Lessons from the Western Balkans
The EU’s interventions in the Western Balkans succeed only when key member states and the US act strategically and pull in the same direction
Feeling the Westlessness at the Munich Security Conference 2020
The annual Munich Security Conference was themed „Westlessness“, defining “a widespread feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the face of increasing uncertainty about the enduring purpose…
Europe, 5G, and Munich: The China challenge and American mission
Bipartisan US pressure over China is rubbing Europeans up the wrong way. But the Americans are right that hard choices await