Rule of three: How unfinished business threatens the EU
Russia’s war on Ukraine has forced the EU to deal with three major problems it had long avoided. The bloc can only shape the global order if it upholds the rule of law at home.
Covid-19
Health of nations: How Europe can fight future pandemics
The EU should promote a new global compact on health, matching countries’ commitment to surveillance and reporting of pathogens with support for stronger healthcare systems and greater equity in the allocation of countermeasures
Europe isn’t just losing the global race against covid-19: There’s much more at stake
European leaders’ current approach to covid-19 is short-sighted and self-defeating. Unless they implement a decisive and credible plan to end the pandemic everywhere, they will face a series of severe health, economic, and geopolitical consequences.
Covid bereavement as a European experience
Liberal politicians in Europe have begun to articulate covid-19 grief in their national political contexts. This is an important step in leading the continent out of the pandemic – and away from populism.
Europe’s invisible divides: How covid-19 is polarising European politics
Europe’s covid-19 experience has been a tale of two pandemics – and the differences in each story could haunt the continent for many years to come
Pandemic trends: Serbia looks east, Ukraine looks west
Public attitudes in Ukraine and Serbia raise pressing questions about EU enlargement. If member states are to sustain this process, they will need to base it on a shared sense of belonging
Multilateralism’s failure to tackle our biggest challenges is compounding them
Our collective failure to end the pandemic now will cause even deeper and more costly problems in the future
Covid-19: The twenty-first century’s Chernobyl moment
Whoever repairs today’s fracturing international landscape will secure the power and influence to reset the post-pandemic world order to their liking
Vaccine passports: How the EU can win the next round of covid diplomacy
A new EUROVAX scheme should be at the heart of the EU’s new offer to help its neighbours tackle covid-19 in the years ahead
19 May
After the pandemic: Health security and multilateralism at work
The covid-19 pandemic has created a new sense of urgency behind the need for multilateral action
Publications
Health of nations: How Europe can fight future pandemics
The EU should promote a new global compact on health, matching countries’ commitment to surveillance and reporting of pathogens with support for stronger healthcare systems and greater equity in the allocation of countermeasures
Europe’s invisible divides: How covid-19 is polarising European politics
Europe’s covid-19 experience has been a tale of two pandemics – and the differences in each story could haunt the continent for many years to come
Articles
Rule of three: How unfinished business threatens the EU
Russia’s war on Ukraine has forced the EU to deal with three major problems it had long avoided. The bloc can only shape the global order if it upholds the rule of law at home.
Europe isn’t just losing the global race against covid-19: There’s much more at stake
European leaders’ current approach to covid-19 is short-sighted and self-defeating. Unless they implement a decisive and credible plan to end the pandemic everywhere, they will face a series of severe health, economic, and geopolitical consequences.
Covid bereavement as a European experience
Liberal politicians in Europe have begun to articulate covid-19 grief in their national political contexts. This is an important step in leading the continent out of the pandemic – and away from populism.
Pandemic trends: Serbia looks east, Ukraine looks west
Public attitudes in Ukraine and Serbia raise pressing questions about EU enlargement. If member states are to sustain this process, they will need to base it on a shared sense of belonging
Multilateralism’s failure to tackle our biggest challenges is compounding them
Our collective failure to end the pandemic now will cause even deeper and more costly problems in the future
Covid-19: The twenty-first century’s Chernobyl moment
Whoever repairs today’s fracturing international landscape will secure the power and influence to reset the post-pandemic world order to their liking
Vaccine passports: How the EU can win the next round of covid diplomacy
A new EUROVAX scheme should be at the heart of the EU’s new offer to help its neighbours tackle covid-19 in the years ahead
Sputnik in Europe: What Russia’s vaccine could mean for European health sovereignty
The EU is now the obvious platform for strategic health planning – but it still has work to ensure greater trust and solidarity in the face of future health crises
Will the EU emerge from the coronavirus crisis stronger or weaker?
After its mixed Covid response, the EU must now focus on really delivering what its citizens want
Europe’s post-pandemic strategy for the WHO
The EU has an opportunity to become a key strategic actor on global health – by upgrading its observer status within the WHO, making even greater financial contributions to the organisation, and working in coordination with the United States
Events
19 May
After the pandemic: Health security and multilateralism at work
The covid-19 pandemic has created a new sense of urgency behind the need for multilateral action
25 Nov
8 Oct
High-level virtual roundtable on covid-19-related debt in Africa
The economic knock-on effects of the COVID19 pandemic are severe all over the world but Africa is particularly exposed. As governments’ ability to respond to the…
11 Jun
Europe and China after Covid-19: Where is the relationship headed?
The international dynamics between great powers, and the Coronavirus pandemic have redefined the status quo in international relations
In the media
We had a cautious approach from Merkel, going easy on China regarding, for instance, the origins of the coronavirus,
Rafael Loss on the German government’s initial response to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic
Jeremy Shapiro speaks with Julian Worricker and Arminka Helic about the Omicron variant, Chile’s elections and other issues
The Austrian newspaper refers to ECFR survey results on Europe’s invisible divides after covid
Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard describe in their op-ed Europe’s invisible divides
The political elite has not taken responsibility to launch a nationwide vaccination campaign
According to Vessela Tcherneva, political instability in particular has plunged Bulgaria into a vaccination crisis