The blindsided: How France and Germany cleared the way for Russia
Mark Leonard welcomes Sylvie Kauffmann and Timothy Garton Ash to discuss the former’s new book “The Blindsided” and France and Germany’s history with Putin’s Russia
Experts & Staff
Sylvie Kauffmann
Editorial Director, Le Monde
Biography
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.
29 Mar
The birth of geopolitical Europe: In conversation with Josep Borrell
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
Will Western unity on Russia hold? Reporting from Munich Security Conference
Live from the Munich Security Conference (MSC)!
Germany’s election result and what it means for Europe
How are the German election results being perceived throughout Europe? And what do they mean for the future of our continent?
The EU and France in the Sahel
What does the end of Operation Barkhane in its current form mean for the Sahel?
19 Jan
The crisis of American power: How Europeans see Biden’s America
The event will launch an exciting new report by Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard, based on public opinion polling in 11 countries
Podcasts
The blindsided: How France and Germany cleared the way for Russia
Mark Leonard welcomes Sylvie Kauffmann and Timothy Garton Ash to discuss the former’s new book “The Blindsided” and France and Germany’s history with Putin’s Russia
Will Western unity on Russia hold? Reporting from Munich Security Conference
Live from the Munich Security Conference (MSC)!
Germany’s election result and what it means for Europe
How are the German election results being perceived throughout Europe? And what do they mean for the future of our continent?
The EU and France in the Sahel
What does the end of Operation Barkhane in its current form mean for the Sahel?
Events
29 Mar
The birth of geopolitical Europe: In conversation with Josep Borrell
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
19 Jan
The crisis of American power: How Europeans see Biden’s America
The event will launch an exciting new report by Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard, based on public opinion polling in 11 countries
In the media
After nineteen months, do not talk about a clean war or war of the future to the ‘heroes of Ukraine’ who return from the front
Sylvie Kauffmann explains that the prospect of a long war settles in people’s minds in Ukraine
[To Ukraine], the EU seems more generous and accessible than NATO, with a clearer procedure. And, for the time being, it is helping to ward off the idea of a war that will never end.
Sylvie Kauffmann reports from a visit to Kyiv with a group of experts from ECFR
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