A potted history of EU referendums
EU-related referendums have a much better track record than the calamities of 2016 suggest
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Pay no attention to the President?
The reassurances of even the most senior officials in the administration are worth very little to US allies
Britain Steps Into a Deglobalising World
The trend for integration of global markets has softened and might soon even revert, which will force nation-states to rethink their trade strategies
The era of Mutual Assured Disruption
The five forces that are 'liquidising' global security
14 Feb
The New European Counter-Terror Wars
What do counter-terror wars aim to achieve? Are the UK and other European countries setting dangerous legal precedents in their use of force, and what is the likely impact on EU counter-terrorism of any shift in US policy under President Trump?
Foreign Policy in the French Election
Gideon Rachman (Financial Times), Manuel Lafont Rapnouil and Susi Dennison discuss the foreign policy views of the five candidates leading the polls. What will be…
8 Feb
Moi, Président: Foreign Policy in the French Election
The FT's Gideon Rachman and the head of ECFR Paris discuss the foreign policy ideas and promises of the lead candidates in the French presidential campaign
After ISIS: Stabilising Iraq and Libya
Even while conducting terrorist attacks in Berlin, Istanbul and Baghdad recently, Isis has suffered severe setbacks with the elimination of its territorial presence in Libya…
Mark Leonard’s World in 30 Minutes: The big and the small picture of Brexit
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses with The Economist columnist Tom Nuttall and ECFR Researcher Ulrike Franke whether the Brexit negotiations will be influenced by the…
18 Jan
ECFR’s Black Coffee Mornings | After ISIS: Stabilising Iraq and Libya
The panellists outlined a series of recommendations for Iraq and Libya and some lessons learned for Syria