From Brussels with love: How the European Union can win the battle of narratives
The EU has a good story to tell. To tell it better, its leaders need to learn from Joe Biden and take a risk on showing themselves to be vulnerable human beings
Cohesion & Governance
19 Nov
Diplomacy can deliver: Europe in the fight against climate change
The European Council on Foreign Relations welcomes the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in his virtual address to Europe, speaking about the continent’s role in the international fight against climate change
Tracking European solidarity during covid-19: Lessons from the first wave
Myths around Europe’s and China’s respective actions early on in the coronavirus crisis are now dispelled – and ECFR’s European Solidarity Tracker tells the story of how
An interview with Anne Applebaum and José Ignacio Torreblanca
Head of ECFR’s Madrid Office, Jose Ignacio Torreblanca talks to the American historian, a Pulitzer Prize winner for Gulag, and expert on authoritarian populism about…
With no landslide win for Biden, Beijing benefits
No matter who wins the US election this week, the narrow margin will focus US attention at home, giving China geopolitical room for manoeuvre
6 Nov
Migration and climate change: what can European cooperation achieve?
The project MAGYC and the Paris office of ECFR are delighted to invite you to a public virtual debate « Migration and climate change: what can European cooperation achieve?»
Latvia during covid: How success bred complacency
Easing restrictions too quickly in the summer saw Latvia squander its early success and the fruits of its cooperation with Estonia and Lithuania
Crisis presidency: How Portuguese leadership can guide the EU into the post-covid era
The Portuguese EU presidency should handle issues in line with European voters’ perceptions of the new reality created by the coronavirus
Lithuania’s pandemic: The power of regional cooperation
Russia and the eastern neighbourhood are Lithuania’s top foreign policy priorities, even in a global pandemic
The Swede spot: Why Stockholm needs flexible coalitions
Sweden needs to stay flexible – and avoid getting stuck in one coalition – if it wants to use its power in the EU to the fullest