Thinking the unthinkable – why have leaders lost touch with events?
A proliferation of ‘unthinkable’ events over the last two years, such as Brexit, the Russian seizure of Crimea, the 60% crash in oil prices and…
Politics & Cohesion
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The British EU referendum
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Sunder Katwala, director of the think-tank British Future, about the EU referendum, the recent poll swings and what the result…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Populism and European foreign policy
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Susi Dennison, ECFR's director of the European Power programme, Josef Janning, Co-Head of the ECFR Berlin office, Piotr Buras, Head of…
The UK’s foreign policy post-referendum – one hundred years of solitude?
Tristram Hunt, Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent, and Radoslaw Sikorski, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, discuss how the UK's role in the world…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The Austrian presidential elections, and the British referendum
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard first speaks with Burkhard Bischof, editor of the Austrian newspaper Die Presse, and Caroline de Gruyter, correspondent from the Dutch newspaper…
The EU Referendum: Lessons from Scotland
In 2014, while Scottish pro-independence campaigners seemed to have the momentum in the final months of the campaign, the ‘No’ camp won with 55 percent…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The future of France
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director of Le Monde, and Manual Lafont Rapnouil, head of the ECFR Paris office, about the…
Brexit and Britain’s security – the operational perspective
On 23 June, the British public will vote on the future of Britain in the EU. Security issues have already featured prominently in the debate
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Brexit and Britain’s Security
ECFR's director Mark Leonard speaks with Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Dymock, former UK Military Representative to NATO and the EU, Simon Foy, former head of the…
So near yet so far? Prospects for a European deal on the UK renegotiation package
Piotr Buras, head of ECFR’s Warsaw office, Mark Leonard, Director of ECFR, Almut Moeller, head of ECFR’s Berlin office, and Susi Dennison, Co-Director of…