Pavilion of the Republic of Moldova at the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia |
Spazio Santa Veneranda | Chiesa dei Santi Geremia e Lucia
How do we imagine Europe’s future when war and political upheaval are challenging assumptions once thought stable?ECFR will join the European Cultural Foundation for HYBRIDREAMS – Imagining otherwise in times of crisis, a public roundtable at the Moldova Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.Nicu Popescu, ECFR’s…
European Commission Representation in Spain | Paseo de la Castellana, 46, 28046, Madrid
·ECFR Madrid
Energy has once again moved to the centre of Europe’s security, competitiveness and strategic autonomy. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exposed the risks of Europe’s dependence on imported fossil fuels, while growing global competition for clean technologies, strategic supply chains and critical infrastructure is reshaping the foundations of international competitiveness. In this context, the transition…
Secure, sovereign, competitive – that is the ambition for a Europe able to withstand the geopolitical and economic turmoil of the current moment. A Europe that can deliver on this ambition will need abundant energy to power its future, foundational industry that is able to innovate, and diversified supply chains that ensure resilience. …
SDA Bocconi School of Management, Via Antonio Nibby 20, ROMA
·ECFR Rome
What happens when powers no longer agree on the rules, or even on what international order should look like? In his new book, Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail, Mark Leonard calls this condition “Un-Order”. He distinguishes between “architects”, who seek to build a stable system, and “artisans”, who adapt to changing…
Embassy of Estonia in Italy, Via Clitunno, 34-36, 00198 Rome
·ECFR Rome
Amid growing uncertainty, Europeans face a fundamental challenge: how to keep themselves safe with potentially less America while deterring a more aggressive Russia. Europe’s security environment has been exposed to vulnerabilities not only on the battlefield but also across cyberspace, critical infrastructure, supply chains, energy networks, and the information sphere. Hybrid threats have become a…
For two decades the United Arab Emirates has built its influence on connectivity: ports, air links, finance and data centres that made Abu Dhabi and Dubai difficult to bypass. The 2026 war with Iran has tested that model harder than anything before it. By the ceasefire in April, Emirati air defences had engaged more…
Turkey hosted this year’s NATO summit and fields the alliance’s second-largest army, arms Ukraine while trading with Russia, and remains an EU candidate whose accession talks collapsed years ago. Europeans keep asking whether Ankara can be anchored in the West or is drifting away. Both questions assume Turkey must eventually choose a home when…
China is already the undisputed champion of traditional manufacturing. But China’s leadership wants more: it aspires to lead in the next generation of production by 2035 – and biomanufacturing has emerged as a priority for China’s economic security, resilience and strategic autonomy. Europe has seen this movie before. As with solar panels or…
L’Ufficio di Roma dello European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), in cooperazione con il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, ha organizzato lo scenario game “Which MENA Region in 2030?” a Roma l’11 giugno 2026, presso gli Uffici del MAECI. L’evento ha proposto due esercizi di scenario ambientati al 2030,…
Blankspace Brussels Place du Luxembourg, Rue d'Arlon 80, 1040 Bruxelles, Brussels
Europe’s green transition is no longer a matter primarily of technocratic expertise and regulatory process. It is now contested at the heart of politics itself. The question is which vision will prevail: a pro-electric and future-oriented Europe, or a pro-fossil Europe anchored in the past. In this context, in Brussels on 8 June…
In a private discussion on EU and UK attitudes towards a renewed partnership, a decade after the referendum, Mark Leonard and Marcus Roberts will present some embargoed data from ECFR and Mandate looking at views in the UK but also across Europe on different modalities of the EU-UK relationship going forward…
Maison de la Chimie, 28 rue Saint-Dominique, Paris, France
·ECFR Paris
The G7 and its close partners, particularly the Republic of Korea (ROK), face a rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape marked by growing economic competition, technological fragmentation, and mounting security challenges. From supply chain vulnerabilities to shifting alliances and rising geopolitical tensions, these developments are testing the resilience of existing frameworks for international cooperation
