Efforts to curb labour emigration must be accompanied by initiatives to attract workers back to the [Western Balkan] region
Majlinda Bregu reports on unemployment and emigration in the Western Balkans
Media mentions – ECFR Council
The West cannot speak of democracy and peace in other regions of the world and not understand what is happening in Gaza
Hana Jalloul on the dystopia taking shape in Gaza
It was Draghi’s “whatever it takes” approach that saved the eurozone. And EU leaders should unleash that same spirit to counter the bloc’s challenges once more
Mujtaba Rahman on why Mario Draghi should lead the next European Council
We have seen gradual NATO expansions, but geostrategically turning the Baltic Sea into an almost complete NATO inland sea is still a very major change
Toomas Hendrik Ilves on why Sweden’s entry into NATO is the most significant geopolitical change since the Cold War
When Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the order to attack the Ukrainians in February 2022, he also attacked the Soviet Union
We can see that western European countries hold the desire somewhere deep down that, some day, they should start normalizing relations with Russia
Kristi Raik attests disunity in the European stance on Russia and its invasion of Ukraine
Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard on Europeans’ beliefs on the war in Ukraine
Only a cease-fire, which must be respected by all parties to the conflict, can guarantee the delivery of humanitarian aid without interruption
Samuel Žbogar reacts to the UN’s assessment of high risk of conflict-induced famine in Gaza
The wars unfolding now, while regional, have global repercussions, feeding into mistrust, misunderstanding and a “west versus the rest” narrative across the world
Nathalie Tocci reports from the Munich Security Conference
[Ukraine’s] Western partners are much more afraid of the prospect of Russian defeat than of the war as it stands, or even of an expansion or escalation
Bruno Maçães reflects on the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine