Can Europe catch up in the digitalisation and innovation race?
During the Munich Strategy Forum 2019, host Mark Leonard sat down Toomas Ilves, the former president of Estonia aka the first smart country and “digital…
European Power
Europe’s new gamble: Dispute resolution and the Iran nuclear deal
The dispute resolution mechanism presents the E3 with risks but it could also buy them time to keep the nuclear deal on life support until the US presidential election in November
Control issues: The UK’s defence procurement woes
The UK Ministry of Defence has shown a chronic lack of decision discipline, sometimes undermining its role in joint European projects
Multilateralism is dead – long live multilateralism!
Today, 100 years ago, the Versailles Contract went into effect which established the League of the Nations and laid the foundations for multilateralism. In 2019,…
Soleimani strike: Loosening future restraints on military action?
The drone strike against Soleimani marks a novel shift in targeted killing, dangerous to the global order
Spain’s new culture war
The inauguration of the most fragmented parliament since 1978 will usher in a period of culture war centring on national identity
Top ten foreign policy trends in 2020
Top ten trends that will occupy European foreign policymakers in 2020
Ten Foreign Policy Trends for 2020
‘Tis the season! …when Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro review the year gone by and predict 10 foreign policy trends (plus two bonus ones) that…
Your 2019 top ten on ECFR
ECFR readers’ top choices this year – all in one place
Europe and China after Brexit: The 5G question
A decision looms for Britain on 5G and Huawei. London’s choice will signal whether it wishes to stay close to Europe when dealing with Beijing – or to go its own way