The End of the World #13: Interview with Anu Bradford
In this new episode of our summer series, ECFR's director Mark Leonard talks with Anu Bradford about the EU's global power and how it successfully…
European Power
The coming clash: Why Iran will divide Europe from the United States
Europe must salvage the nuclear deal with Iran and step-up robust diplomacy with Teran on regional issues
Going Dutch: Why Germany needs others besides France
The Franco-German engine gets all the media attention, but it is Dutch-German cooperation that has done the important work in recent years
Exploring EU Coalitions
New essay collection points way to potential coalitions for flexible European cooperation
Tackling the new consensus on migration
For ambitious and principled EU leaders, here is how to re-set the debate on migration at the European Council
The End of the World #12: Interview with Joseph Nye
In the final episode of our summer series, ECFR's director Mark Leonard talks with Joseph Nye about power and multilateral institutions. Joseph Nye is a…
Italy’s u-turn on migration: Polls come first
The facts provide a compelling counter-narrative to wild claims of an 'invasion' of migrants. But Rome has taken the easier route and bowed to public pressure to restrict migration.
Brexit negotiations: going nowhere?
ECFR’s Anthony Dworkin is joined by Gary Gibbon, the political editor of Channel 4 News, and Susi Dennison, the head of ECFR's European Power programme,…
Eastern resentment of Germany spells trouble for Berlin and Brussels
In Central and Eastern Europe, wage convergence with the West has stalled – and people are blaming Germany
How Britain Lost Its Cool
In the past 20 years, the UK and Germany have switched positions, with the latter now representing openness while the former has come to embody backward-looking nationalism. But there is no reason to believe that the two countries won't swap places again.