European Security Cooperation with Eastern Neighbourhood and Western Balkans
In recent years, the EU has taken a more ambitious foreign policy stance and declared its intention to become a geopolitical player and learn the…
Wider Europe
How Macron can strengthen the EU in the Western Balkans
France has blocked progress on enlargement in the Western Balkans. In the Biden era, Emmanuel Macron should think again about bringing the region into the EU
Why Turkey should stay out of Sinjar
European governments should clearly communicate their opposition to a potential Turkish military incursion into Sinjar, which would undermine the government in Baghdad while failing to remove the PKK from the area
The Russia strategy Europe needs
The European Union should be in no hurry either to engage with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime or to force a diplomatic crisis. Rather than vacillating between resets and crackdowns, the EU should pursue a strategy of “principled indifference”
China in Europe’s periphery. How China became a power in the Western Balkans
The virtual roundtable, "China in Europe’s periphery. How China became a power in the Western Balkans", will bring a small group of experts, officials, NGO and media representatives together in a discussion on China’s embedding in the region.
The trouble with unchecked power: Why Putin will never leave
If he had thoughts of leaving the Kremlin prior to the Navalny assassination attempt, Vladimir Putin likely now sees no exit for himself
Kosovo snap election: A chance for action
The results of this week’s election could be transformative for Kosovo – but the challenges facing its new leaders are daunting
Stranger in Moscow: Borrell’s unwelcome visit
What lessons can be drawn from Josep Borrell’s controversial visit to Moscow?
The end of tit-for-tat politics in Bulgaria
In an environment in which European and American interests are not always the same, it is short-sighted and dangerous for Bulgarian leaders to question their country’s geopolitical alignment
Dead-end pragmatism: Germany’s Russia strategy after Merkel
Berlin has no will to rethink its long-held assumption that it can somehow improve Europe-Russia relations by engaging with Moscow from a position of weakness and betting on the benefits of long-term economic ties