19 Feb
The incurable European: the UK and Europe’s Foreign Policy
Discussion on the findings of the 2015 European Foreign Policy Scorecard and on the role of the UK
European Power
Scorecard 2015: Sweden’s hollow victory?
Sweden's second-place ranking in the European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 may say more about European weakness than about Swedish success
Surveillance, privacy and security
Sir David Omand, a former government intelligence coordinator and director of GCHQ, and Andrew Puddephatt, former director of Article 19 and a leading authority…
To Brexit or not to Brexit
A recent ECFR Black Coffee Morning event brought together three authors of reports on the possibility of “Brexit”
Scorecard 2015: The Dutch remain pragmatic in an emotional year
The Netherlands got things done in 2014, but remained careful to protect their economy and relations with powerful allies
Scorecard 2015: Spain’s two foreign policy tracks
Despite renewed leadership in some areas, Spain failed to engage fully on some of the defining foreign policy issues of 2014
France blazes a lonely trail
France did not seem inclined to build coalitions on foreign policy in 2014, preferring to go it alone – which made it less effective as a foreign policy leader
Why we favour ditching investment protection in TTIP
ISDS measures could sink TTIP and their benefits are insufficient to warrant the risk – so free-traders should advocate dropping them from negotiations
Jordi Vaquer sobre el nuevo gobierno griego
Jordi Vaquer, director de Open Society Initiative for Europe y miembro del consejo de ECFR, analiza la postura del nuevo gobierno griego sobre temas…
Scorecard 2015: The view from Rome
Governmental upheaval limited Italy’s ability to lead on foreign policy, but it remained engaged in the southern neighbourhood and moved forward the debate on privacy and security.