Digital diplomacy: trade and human rights in China’s internet revolution
Despite its absence from the agenda of recent high-level EU-China meetings, cybersecurity and digital rights deserve attention at the highest level.
Commentary
Genocide, victims and justice: Srebrenica 20 years on
If reconciliation is not possible today, maybe it could come with a generational change
China’s stock crash: it was only money
China’s government has taken action to arrest its stock market collapse, but will this reinforce conservatives’ argument – that control is safety and liberalisation is always a hazard?
Russia’s gas pipeline strategy and Europe’s alternatives
Russia’s pipeline strategy and the threat to gas supplies pose real challenges, but instead of focusing on real diversification, the Commission has to mediate the negotiations and be the ‘financial broker’
Tsipras’ Pyrrhic victory
Without demonstrating how they can pull off a strategy of gaining debt relief before reforms, Syriza's referendum win could become a Pyrrhic victory
A mismanaged bailout is worse than a Grexit
With Greece on the brink and accusations and counter-accusations making the round, one could do worse than look to Argentina to see how a recovery could work
Will air strikes in Syria work?
The idea that the UK can make a meaningful difference by expanding air strikes is far-fetched
Rethinking reconstruction in Gaza
Almost a year on from 2014's Israel-Gaza conflict, the Strip is still far from recovery
EU International Affairs Think Tank of the Year
At an award ceremony in London last night, ECFR was awarded EU International Affairs Think Tank of the Year 2015, in the Prospect…
France’s deepening relations with the Gulf
France has growing strategic relevance in the Gulf region, but its new proximity is dependent on increasingly unconditional support for Gulf regional policies