The nightmare for German business: an “Asian Crimea”
As difficult as the Ukraine crisis is for German business, the real test would be an “Asian Crimea”
Experts & Staff
Hans Kundnani
ECFR Alumni · Former Research Director
Biography
Hans Kundnani used to work for ECFR as Editor and Research Director.
Explaining the EP election results: UK
UKIP’s win puts even more pressure on Cameron
ECFR’s World in 30 minutes: Russia, Germany and eurosceptics
Mark Leonard talks to Hans Kundnani, Andrew Wilson and Stefan Meister about the latest events in Ukraine, Germany's Russia policy and how all this…
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2014
A comprehensive assessment of European foreign policy
Why Europe can’t leave Asia to the US
Can Europeans safely ignore rising tensions in the Asia-Pacific? European policymakers may want to focus on their near neighbourhood and the transatlantic relationship but one way or the other they will have to deal with the fallout from rising tensions in Asia
Why Europe needs a new global strategy
Towards a new EU foreign policy
Think again: European decline
Although it may seem that Europe is down and out as it struggles with multiple crises, things are in fact far, far better than they appear on the surface.
Europe’s foreign policy: Resilience meets mediocrity
Europe’s image and soft power continues to fade around the world but Europe's foreign policy did not unravel in 2012. The EU managed to preserve the essence of its acquis diplomatique.
US, Europe: get ready for estrangement
President Obama's continued foreign policy pivot away from Europe may be unwelcome in the EU, but it creates an opportunity for Germany to show that it is capable of taking responsibility in foreign affairs.
The British Question
As the eurozone begins a process of accelerated integration and British Prime Minister David Cameron comes under increasing pressure from Eurosceptic Conservative MPs and public opinion, a moment of truth may come sooner rather than later. So does the United Kingdom have a European future?
Publications
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2014
A comprehensive assessment of European foreign policy
Why Europe needs a new global strategy
Towards a new EU foreign policy
China and Germany: a new special relationship?
Why the emerging special relationship matters for Europe
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012
Instead of helping to solve the world’s problems, Europe is now a problem itself
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2010
The 1st edition of the European Foreign Policy Scorecard
Articles
Economic and military power in Asia
Economic tools in Asia are increasingly being used for strategic purposes, as the “two Asias” – military and economic – come closer together
The “strategic” case for TTIP
As opposition to the TTIP increases, supporters increasingly fall back on the “strategic” case for the deal – no matter how flawed the logic is
Why Russia’s relationship with India matters for Europe
Modi and Putin publicly reaffirmed the longstanding bond between India and Russia yesterday, even as the West continues to seek to isolate Russia
China and Germany talk security
The expansion of the dialogue between Germany and China to include foreign and security policy could have a huge, and potentially problematic, effect for the European Union.
“Containment” and economic interdependence
Can a new “containment” of Russia work in an age of economic interdependence?
Asia’s security dilemma
A tension between the need for robust deterrence and the risk of escalation leads to almost impossible choices for Asians
The nightmare for German business: an “Asian Crimea”
As difficult as the Ukraine crisis is for German business, the real test would be an “Asian Crimea”
Explaining the EP election results: UK
UKIP’s win puts even more pressure on Cameron
Why Europe can’t leave Asia to the US
Can Europeans safely ignore rising tensions in the Asia-Pacific? European policymakers may want to focus on their near neighbourhood and the transatlantic relationship but one way or the other they will have to deal with the fallout from rising tensions in Asia
Think again: European decline
Although it may seem that Europe is down and out as it struggles with multiple crises, things are in fact far, far better than they appear on the surface.
Podcasts
The Franco-German Cooperation in the Midst of European crises
Séminaire du 2 juin à la représentation de la Commission européenne en France Panel 1: Competing Leaderships? The Franco-German Couple in the European Union…
The end of the Merkel consensus?
Despite its structural power at EU level, the German coalition government led by Angela Merkel has failed to come up with a sound response…
The return of the euro crisis and the German question
Prof Lord Giddens, sociologist and former Director of the LSE, and Hans Kundnani, Research Director at ECFR, discuss German power and its implications for…
ECFR’s World in 30 minutes: Russia, Germany and eurosceptics
Mark Leonard talks to Hans Kundnani, Andrew Wilson and Stefan Meister about the latest events in Ukraine, Germany's Russia policy and how all this…
In the media
Former ECFR research director, Hans Kundnani, on the increasing difficulty to find consensus among European member states.
José Ignacio Torreblanca and Hans Kundnani on the rise of populist parties in the southern European states
Hans Kundnani on the German paradox
Hans Kundnani on how the German's perception of themselves has changed
Hans Kundnani on China-Germany relations shifting from economic to security issues