The European border guard: New in name only?
The migrant crisis has spurred reforms to Europe’s border agency Frontex, but it can only be as strong as member states allow it to be
The migrant crisis has spurred reforms to Europe’s border agency Frontex, but it can only be as strong as member states allow it to be
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Tom Fletcher, diplomat, former UK Ambassador to Lebanon and author of the book Naked Diplomacy, about how technology is…
The battle to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah has begun: 20,000 Iraqi soldiers, backed by US air power and advisers, are attempting to expel some 800 to 1,000 ISIS fighters
On the 30th of May ECFR Berlin, the Embassy of the Netherlands and the Stiftung Mercator convened a workshop on what has controversially been framed “the new German question”. Experts from different member states addressed both objective and normative aspects of Germany’s leadership within the EU
This week’s World Humanitarian Summit was an opportunity to discuss how to assist the suffering, yet the entire process showed much of the humanitarian sector at its most fragmented and self-indulgent
The apparent mood of passivity and disillusionment among the Greek public will likely increase the abstention rate in the next elections, and the latest wave of strikes and the mobilisation of trade unions may be early signs of mounting resentment against the government
It is now time to look at the collateral damage that Berlin’s desperate attempts to bring numbers down have meant for the EU system as a whole
US policymakers understand very well that Europe is the most important region of the world for the United States
Poland appears to be firmly anchored among the six large member states of the EU, seen as more important than Spain
In einer Podiumdiskussion mit Angeliki Dimitriadi und anderen europäischen Experten wurde mit dem Publikum über die Frage wie Europa auf die Herausforderung der Migration reagieren sollte diskutiert.