ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Merkel – the leader of the free world?
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with journalist and Angela Merkel's official biographer Stefan Kornelius and ECFR fellows Almut Möller and Josef Janning about Merkel's candidacy…
European Security Initiative
As the dust settles: What does America’s new President mean for Europe?
This discussion focusses on dissecting the results of the US presidential election and looks at what the world, and in particular Europe, can expect, and…
Europe’s new counter-terror wars
European counter-terror wars risk failing to prevent attacks while weakening international law
One hundred years of British solitude: Magical thinking about Brexit and security
A British exit from the EU would make it harder to fight crime and terrorism, reduce Britain’s ability to lead and influence its partners, and weaken NATO
Spain versus Russia’s kleptocracy
Let policy not simply be driven by individual judges and magistrates, a case here and a country there – let it be something debated at a national and European Union level and adopted on a broader basis
6 Apr
Black Coffee Morning: “Sanctions on North Korea – Transformation in the South Asian security”
After North Korea recently launched a nuclear weapons test, the veto-holding powers in the UN agreed upon stronger sanctions in a new resolution. What does this initiative from North Korea mean – especially for the current relations between the USA and China. Furthermore, the EU demanded from China to uphold universal human rights in its conflicts with its neighbouring countries in the Southasian sea, though it is highly questionable if Beijing is going to consider this suggestion. Are sanctions even a useful instrument for trying to establish strategic instruments in Eastasia? Can China be included in this strategy?
22 Mar
The Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal: A Model for Justice or an Anomaly?
Has the ICYT been effective in delivering justice?
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The ‘one-in one-out’ EU – Turkey deal
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Visiting Fellow Asli Aydintasbas, ECFR Senior Policy Fellow Mattia Toaldo, and ECFR Board Member and German politician…
Is Europe prepared to pay a price for its defence ?
Conférence du mercredi 10 février 2016 à l'ENS portant sur la défense européenne et les problématiques de sécurité qui touchent l'Union Européenne actuellement. Avec Nick…
After Paris: What price European defence?
Following France’s call for European solidarity under Article 42.7, European states should rekindle defence cooperation and aid France’s deployments in Africa