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
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[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
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
This new beginning in the transatlantic relationship is based on a German-American axis. The American President, Joe Biden, played the Merkel card.
Following the G7 and NATO summits, the United States intends to make Germany its focal point in Europe, comments ECFR Board member Sylvie Kauffmann
This pandemic is the first global crisis since World War II in which American leadership has been absent. Europe could have filled the vacuum – but so far the opportunity has been badly missed.
ECFR Board member Sylvie Kauffmann explains why Europe’s vaccine rollout has descended into chaos
Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, director of the Paris office, mentionned in The New York Times in an analysis of the political consequences of the Paris attacks.