Spreading the good news: Trump’s diplomacy by individual cash payment
The Trump administration transcends international diplomatic niceties in its use of individual payments, but geopolitical love is not always bought
European Power
Give the people what they want: Popular demand for a strong European foreign policy
European voters want to see the European Union come of age as a geopolitical actor and chart its own course
Meddling or Bargaining? – Emmanuel Macron’s Iran Initiative
This week, ECFR director Mark Leonard discusses with experts Ellie Geranmayeh and Julien Barnes-Dacey the French president Emmanuel Macron's bold initiative: Europeans are now to…
A new era in Rome
The diverse new Italian government has high ambitions
Three crises and an opportunity: Europe’s stake in multilateralism
Despite the existing crises to the multilateral system, the EU possesses a set of specific strengths needed to actually save the system
Bewitched by Brexit: Referendums and modern democracy
Brexit is putting parliamentary democracy in question
Border games: Has Spain found an answer to the populist challenge on migration?
Spain, and Europe, need a new story about migration – it remains to be seen how the country will put this into practice
3 Sep
Artificial Intelligence and autonomy in warfare: the European approach
A discussion workshop on Artificial Intelligence’s impact on geopolitics and warfare and what it means for Europe
Polish WWII anniversary highlights transatlantic rifts
A hurricane has forced the US president to cancel his state visit to Poland to mark a dark day in history — but that won’t hide the damage he has done to US-German-Polish relations.
A fistful of dollars: Europe and US sanctions
The European Union needs an Office for Financial Asset Control to defend its home industry against sanctions