The multipolar world, in this form, does not allow multilateralism, or even nonalignment in the sense of the Cold War, but rather multi-alignment
Timothy Garton Ash comments on key findings of new ECFR survey
The multipolar world, in this form, does not allow multilateralism, or even nonalignment in the sense of the Cold War, but rather multi-alignment
Timothy Garton Ash comments on key findings of new ECFR survey
The Global South is becoming more important demographically, economically and militarily. If it doesn’t feel the need to choose between the US and China at this stage, that will soon change.
Only by understanding how and on which topics voters can be convinced, can European leaders set a favourable course
Despite the war in Ukraine, a majority of Europeans still see China predominantly as “a necessary partner,” according to the poll of more than 6,000 people in 11 E.U. member states
The poll conducted by Jana Puglierin and Pawel Zerka analyses what European citizens currently think about Europe’s place in the world and its relationship to other powers
The Taiwan or China question is still very abstract to European citizens
About 64% of respondents across the 11 EU member states in the survey said they saw Vladimir Putin’s Russia as a competitor (9%) or, worse, an opponent (55%)
The new ECFR survey shows that European who see Russia as adversary or rival double in number since 2021
a. The prevailing view in the West is that Ukraine must regain all its territory. The situation is different in China, Turkey and India, where the majority of respondents prefer a quick end to the war
Caution, even if calibrated differently, in the face of the threat of a nuclear response from Russia, unites all allies – regardless of whether they are vocal about Ukraine’s victory or not
Russia is widely seen as an “adversary” or “rival” by Europeans
In ECFR’s latest polling report, Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard analyse how attitudes to Russia have changed
After a year of war in Ukraine, there is a remarkable level of unity that did not exist at the beginning of the conflict
According to an ECFR study, Europeans are increasingly unimpressed by Putin’s nuclear threats