Brexit: The foreign policy implications
The people have spoken. But yesterday’s vote to leave the European Union is only the beginning of what will be a long and uncertain process of divorce.
Programme entry
13 Jun
Presentation of the EU Cohesion Monitor at the European Academy Berlin
On 8 June, the EU Cohesion Monitor was presented at the European Academy Berlin. The discussion especially focused on Hungary.
The ‘European Pivot’
A speech held by Tristram Hunt MP at the ECFR event The UK’s foreign policy post-referendum: One hundred years of solitude? on 8 June 2016
Rethink: Europe EU28 survey
Which are the most like-minded governments in the EU? Which governments have disappointed their peers? The Rethink: Europe EU28 survey provides answers
Intermarium – the view from Georgia
If friends of Ukraine and Georgia want to achieve a lasting security on the eastern frontiers of Europe, they should invest their time and energy to minimise intra-European divisions
The view of Europe from Washington
US policymakers understand very well that Europe is the most important region of the world for the United States
How Russia weaponized Eurovision – not
It’s not that pop culture has been weaponised. It’s more that Russia’s geopolitical adventures over the last several years owe at least as much, if not more, to Jerry Springer as they do to Soviet military doctrines.
EU-Russia relations in the Arctic on ice
Pending any major breakthrough in Ukraine or Syria, Brussels needs to decide whether it is willing to compromise its position on Ukraine (perhaps by excluding the Russian offshore Arctic from sanctions) for the sake of symbolic recognition at the Arctic Council of its Arctic interests
No reforms, no aid for Ukraine
The West should require Kyiv to take these specific steps to fight graft before disbursing further aid
Hungary in the grip of a bear hug
After six years of Orbán’s government, the country is much more dependent on Russia than it was in 2010, while Russia has gained influence over Hungarian politics, and potentially a way to interfere in EU decision-making