The Armenian model for Belarus
While many Western observers have seized on Ukraine's 2004-5 and 2014 revolutions to understand the mass protests in Belarus, a much better analogy is Armenia's democratic transition in 2018.
Experts & Staff
Carl Bildt
ECFR co-chair
Former Prime Minister and Former Foreign Minister of Sweden
Biography
Carl Bildt served as both Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden. Under his leadership, the government initiated major liberal economic reforms and negotiated Sweden’s accession to the EU. A renowned international diplomat, he also served as EU Special Envoy to the Former Yugoslavia, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, UN Special Envoy to the Balkans, and Co-Chair of the Dayton Peace Conference. Bildt also has a well-established profile in technology circles. He is Chair of the Global Commission on Internet Governance, a former Adviser to ICANN, and a high-profile proponent of a global digital marketplace. Bildt graduated from Stockholm University.
In times of strategic confusion, deeper dialogue is a must
The relationship between the EU and India has vast potential in areas ranging from multilateral institutions to global health
Hashim Thaci should resign
The indictment for war crimes against Kosovo President Hassim Thaci helpfully upends the poorly conceived US initiative to reconcile Serbia and Kosovo. But it fatally delegitimates Kosovo’s current leadership.
Quarantimes: Thinking big in times of covid-19
Carl Bildt, Co-chair at ECFR and former prime minister of Sweden, launches the new series ECFR Quarantimes: Thinking big in times of covid-19, setting out Europe's role in the new international system of a post-corona world
Da pedina a giocatore: come può l’Europa farsi valere nei prossimi cinque anni
Introduction IN BREVE La politica estera dell'UE non è in grado di garantire la sicurezza dell'Europa nel mondo di oggi. Negli ultimi cinque anni la…
Europe risks irrelevance in the age of great power competition
An unpredictable US, rising China and revanchist Russia pose serious strategic challenges
From plaything to player: How Europe can stand up for itself in the next five years
Will Ursula von der Leyen and the new leadership stand up for Europe? As the international situation descends into a…
From plaything to player: How Europe can stand up for itself in the next five years
Introduction The last five years have not been kind to the European Union’s foreign policy. The EU has been less relevant, less active, and less…
Ukraine’s new front is Europe’s big challenge
There’s plenty Europe should do to push back against Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine
Winning peace
The end of the first world war with its history, remembrance, and challenges | Speech by Carl Bildt
Publications
From plaything to player: How Europe can stand up for itself in the next five years
Introduction The last five years have not been kind to the European Union’s foreign policy. The EU has been less relevant, less active, and less…
Dayton revisited: Bosnia’s peace deal 20 years on
Two decades after the end of the Bosnian war Carl Bildt considers the successes and failures of Dayton
Articles
The Armenian model for Belarus
While many Western observers have seized on Ukraine's 2004-5 and 2014 revolutions to understand the mass protests in Belarus, a much better analogy is Armenia's democratic transition in 2018.
In times of strategic confusion, deeper dialogue is a must
The relationship between the EU and India has vast potential in areas ranging from multilateral institutions to global health
Hashim Thaci should resign
The indictment for war crimes against Kosovo President Hassim Thaci helpfully upends the poorly conceived US initiative to reconcile Serbia and Kosovo. But it fatally delegitimates Kosovo’s current leadership.
Europe risks irrelevance in the age of great power competition
An unpredictable US, rising China and revanchist Russia pose serious strategic challenges
Ukraine’s new front is Europe’s big challenge
There’s plenty Europe should do to push back against Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine
Winning peace
The end of the first world war with its history, remembrance, and challenges | Speech by Carl Bildt
No silver ballot: The problems with a Donbas referendum
The war in Donbas is Europe's worst active conflict - a referendum would not help
Why Europe is very nervous about a Trump-Putin summit
In a Trump-Putin meeting, who gets the show, and who gets the substance?
Balkans: On track for EU membership or stagnation?
Three sets of challenges will have to be overcome if any of the candidate countries are to become EU members in 2025
Is peace in Donbas possible?
An ambitious international peacekeeping and transition operation is badly needed in the Donbas
Video
Quarantimes: Thinking big in times of covid-19
Carl Bildt, Co-chair at ECFR and former prime minister of Sweden, launches the new series ECFR Quarantimes: Thinking big in times of covid-19, setting out Europe's role in the new international system of a post-corona world
In the media
Carl Bildt on Europe's future (Polish translation of his article for Project Syndicate).
Article about François Godement and Carl Bildt's op-ed on India and the UE
Op-ed by Carl Bildt and François Godement in Les Echos