Editorial Director, Le Monde
Sylvie Kauffmann is editorial director, lead writer, and columnist at the French newspaper Le Monde, for whom she writes a weekly column on global affairs. Her opinion pieces on European and international politics have also appeared in the New York Times. Previously, she was the first female editor-in-chief of Le Monde, a position she held during the Wikileaks collaboration with El País, the Guardian, and the New York Times. She has reported from Asia, Eastern Europe, and the United States, where she wrote a prize-winning series of articles about life in the US following the 9/11 attacks.
With the EU’s High Representative as our honoured guest, the panel will explore the birth of a geopolitical Europe and the new dimensions of European power with a focus on the tech, economic, and security terrains
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How are the German election results being perceived throughout Europe? And what do they mean for the future of our continent?
What does the end of Operation Barkhane in its current form mean for the Sahel?
The event will launch an exciting new report by Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard, based on public opinion polling in 11 countries
Putin’s record as head of Russia is a long descent into hell for a country that now finds itself plunged against its will into a war against a people claimed as its own
To restore Russia’s status as a great military power, the head of the Kremlin has sacrificed everything else, observes Sylvie Kauffmann, ECFR Board and Council member
Nord Stream 2 is a curse
The debate on the inclusion of the German-Russian gas pipeline in the arsenal of Western sanctions against Russia is indicative of Europe’s vulnerabilities, says ECFR Council member Sylvie Kauffmann
Viktor Orban has not only set himself up as a herald of illiberal democracy. He has established Budapest as the centre of counter-diplomacy in the heart of Europe.
ECFR Council member Sylvie Kauffmann outlines how Victor Orban has multiplied foreign policy initiatives in contradiction with Brussels
This diplomatic bombshell has crudely exposed the unwritten rules of great-power competition, in which France cannot be a player unless it carries the weight of the European Union behind it
ECFR Board member Sylvie Kauffmann comments on the French reaction to the AUKUS alliance
The assessment and operational errors made by the United States raise a series of fundamental questions about its role in the world
ECFR Board member Sylvie Kauffmann on the geopolitical consequences of the debacle in Afghanistan