Geopolitical tensions are hindering progress in multilateral climate cooperation. The EU should continue to supplement negotiations under the UN climate convention with smaller initiatives that bring together like-minded, ambitious partners.
The new US-led economic framework for the Indo-Pacific may have limited power to manage China’s ascendence. But the EU has good reasons to pay attention to the discussions around it.
Este debate fue una iniciativa del Foro Cívico, de la Oficina en Washington para Asuntos Latinoamericanos (WOLA), el Open Society Foundations (OSF) y el European…
The EU’s efforts to address climate change should place more emphasis on bilateral alliances and partnerships. But these efforts will only be credible if they are firmly rooted in domestic policies.
Italy should use its G20 presidency and COP26 co-presidency to help the EU become a major player in green geopolitics and a mediator between competing great powers
Like all international organisations, major sporting bodies depend on their member states’ support – and willingness to still be in the club
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and ECFR Rome Office aim at fostering a debate on strategic autonomy and how it intertwines with the promotion of multilateralism
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a changing international order into sharp focus, highlighting both our heightened interdependence and also the obstacles to global cooperation. As…
Biden’s approach to multilateralism is driven by his sense of what American voters and elected representatives in Congress will tolerate
The covid-19 pandemic has created a new sense of urgency behind the need for multilateral action
Geopolitical tensions are hindering progress in multilateral climate cooperation. The EU should continue to supplement negotiations under the UN climate convention with smaller initiatives that bring together like-minded, ambitious partners.
The covid-19 pandemic has brought forward a new agenda for multilateralism, focused on areas including global health, economic recovery, climate, technology, and trade
The Portuguese EU presidency should handle issues in line with European voters’ perceptions of the new reality created by the coronavirus
Despite the existing crises to the multilateral system, the EU possesses a set of specific strengths needed to actually save the system
The turmoil in the current system represents an opportunity for Europeans to shape a new order that meets their strategic needs
Introduction During the cold war, arms control and disarmament agreements helped create a stable equilibrium between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, reducing the…
Brexit has the potential to upset European coordination on development and human rights across the UN system
China has already brought the world “Socialism with Chinese characteristics”. Will its next goal be a “United Nations with Chinese characteristics”?
Taking early steps to tackle humanitarian crises is a chance to show the EU has not entirely lost a sense of strategic purpose and that it is able to meet moral
Europe must learn the lessons of the Iran negotiations and boost Germany’s role at the UN Security Council to combat Russian blocking tactics
The new US-led economic framework for the Indo-Pacific may have limited power to manage China’s ascendence. But the EU has good reasons to pay attention to the discussions around it.
The EU’s efforts to address climate change should place more emphasis on bilateral alliances and partnerships. But these efforts will only be credible if they are firmly rooted in domestic policies.
Italy should use its G20 presidency and COP26 co-presidency to help the EU become a major player in green geopolitics and a mediator between competing great powers
Like all international organisations, major sporting bodies depend on their member states’ support – and willingness to still be in the club
Biden’s approach to multilateralism is driven by his sense of what American voters and elected representatives in Congress will tolerate
Cities should have a voice in the post-crisis discussion about designing a robust international mechanism for responding to pandemics and other global challenges
This could be the moment to build a more balanced transatlantic relationship, with Europeans showing the US where we need it to engage, and how – rather than simply waiting for cues from Washington
Regardless of the US election’s outcome, Europe will face some difficult choices on how far liberal states should cooperate with illiberal ones in shaping the international order
The covid-19 pandemic has exposed a gap between European aspirations and actions. If European leaders are serious about defending rules-based multilateralism and securing the European Union’s interests in the twenty-first century, they will need to start coming to terms with today’s geopolitical realities.
When the United Nations celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary this September, the US will still be misgoverned by a transactional president who has no interest in global rules. But if that precludes a rebirth of global multilateralism this autumn, things could look very different next spring.
Could a “concert of powers” be the solution for the increasing power competition between the US and China and the current crisis of democracy?
What are different models for thinking about global order? How do ideas about war shape what statesmen and -women do?
How can Europe adapt its strategies for multilateralism in this competitive world and what would they look like?
How can we explain the current crisis of the liberal international order?
Este debate fue una iniciativa del Foro Cívico, de la Oficina en Washington para Asuntos Latinoamericanos (WOLA), el Open Society Foundations (OSF) y el European…
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and ECFR Rome Office aim at fostering a debate on strategic autonomy and how it intertwines with the promotion of multilateralism
The covid-19 pandemic has created a new sense of urgency behind the need for multilateral action
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a changing international order into sharp focus, highlighting both our heightened interdependence and also the obstacles to global cooperation. As…
The European Council on Foreign Relations welcomes the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in his virtual address to Europe, speaking about the continent’s role in the international fight against climate change
A small, high-level online round-table on Europe’s role in multilateralism that ECFR is organising in cooperation with the Foreign Ministries of Finland and Spain
Jak Europa może zareagować na obecny kryzys multilateralizmu i znaleźć sojuszników w obronie jego kluczowych instytucji?
On Thursday, 12th December, European Council on Foreign Relations and Embassy of Finland organized a debate regarding the future of multilateralism and the role played by…
Panel Discussion in cooperation with Intelligence Squared Germany
Czy na miejsce liberalnego porządku międzynarodowego „wróci dżungla” i prawo silniejszego?
We will not be able to stop global warming without the cooperation of developing countries
Mats Engström comments on COP 27
Riyadh wants concessions, even in exchange for help with Russia, and Washington seems now unwilling to grant them. Saudi reaction is a sort of demonstration of what they are able to do (with China).
Cinzia Bianco analyses the relationship between US President Joe Biden and the Saudi Kingdom, and the reason why Riyadh is getting closer to Beijing
The Geneva meetings have not provided us with a precise idea of the direction these negotiations are taking: the positions seem incompatible, the progress limited (…)
Kadri Liik analyzes the recent Geneva negotiations between Russia and the United States on the Ukraine crisis and security in Europe
The objective is to contribute together to a stronger EU as a geopolitical and sovereign actor able to promote its priorities and defend its interests challenges by the Great Powers Competition
According to Teresa Coratella and Arturo Varvelli, the Franco-Italian pact is a mutual need to overcome divergences and improve internal cooperation
Mark Leonard’s book “The Age of Unpeace: How Connectivity causes Conflict” is reviewed by The New Stateman