
Belarus should remind us to believe in freedom’s power
However uncertain the road ahead, these protests show how authoritarianism ultimately subverts itself
However uncertain the road ahead, these protests show how authoritarianism ultimately subverts itself
Angela Merkel’s triumph in brokering an EU covid-19 recovery package could mark the resurgence of a shared political dream
Liberal democracies must learn the lessons of the past by thinking long-term, applying a strong moral code – and avoiding hubris
The coronavirus crisis could lead us to the best of times. It could lead us to the worst of times.
One member state has become a dictatorship as others spiral into debt. Germany must lead the European Union through the coronavirus crisis
The key to European power projection isn’t institutional reform, it’s a shift in attitude and a willingness to cooperate.
In the first in our mini-series on the events of 1989, host Mark Leonard is joined by very special guest Timothy Garton Ash, historian and…
Leaders across Europe might want to get Brexit over the line. But in the long term the EU would be weaker without the UK.
This appeasement has to stop. If Hungary’s anti-liberal, nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, persists in his attempts to close down the country’s best and most independent university, and continues to erode liberal democracy in many other ways, then the EU’s powerful grouping of centre-right parties must expel Orbán’s party from its ranks.
The US is the latest country to be seduced by nationalists. Liberals should brace themselves for a long struggle
Zelensky and his people are fighting for their lives to defend European values. They have earned the prospect of EU membership once this brutal war is over.
Until we stop dithering and commit to all European states being independent and free, Russia will have the upper hand
A planned ‘coronavirus tax’ on revenues and attacks on foreign-owned media threaten to cut away democracy piece by piece
After its mixed Covid response, the EU must now focus on really delivering what its citizens want
Facebook, Twitter, Fox News – by blurring the truth, all pose a risk to democracy itself. But the US and EU can counter them together
For all the ‘sovereignty’ it has gained, post-Brexit Britain will be trapped in a future of permanent negotiation
The populists of Budapest and Warsaw are blackmailing the EU over the rule of law. They cannot be allowed to succeed.
The future of a diminished superpower now lies in being part of a wider network of democracies
The EU is in the country’s DNA. But global threats mean a strong transatlantic Western alliance has never been more vital
However uncertain the road ahead, these protests show how authoritarianism ultimately subverts itself
We turned 15! Time to reflect on the past years and ECFR’s role in helping Europe find a strong, united voice
In the first in our mini-series on the events of 1989, host Mark Leonard is joined by very special guest Timothy Garton Ash, historian and…
In the second of two podcasts examining possible sanctions against Vladimir Putin's Russia, following Moscow's actions in Crimea, Timothy Ash looks at the possible…