Wider Europe

Europe’s multipolar neighbourhood

  • Mark Leonard
  • Commentary

The upheavels in North Africa are further evidence that the EU's neighbourhood has fundamentally changed, both to the south and to the east. In response, the EU needs to develop a real foreign policy to deal with this increasingly competitive region.  

What does Turkey think?

  • Dimitar Bechev, Ivan Krastev
  • Publication

Understanding how the new Turkey views the world, from inside

The EU-Russia summit: what really matters?

  • Jana Kobzova
  • Commentary

The atmosphere between the EU and Russia has improved remarkably over the last couple of years; but – ahead of this week's summit with Russia – the EU is struggling to turn good atmospherics into tangible progress in areas that really matter.