Mark Leonard welcomes Balázs Orbán to unpack the ideological background of Viktor Orbán’s politics and the roots of national conservatism in Europe| European Council on Foreign Relations
The EU needs to go beyond its AI Continent Action Plan and—like the US—develop an AI foreign policy. This is vital to allow the EU to amplify its existing AI efforts while insuring it against AI disruption in the economic and security spheres| European Council on Foreign Relations
Mark Leonard welcomes Hélène De Lauzun to unpack the diverse strands of French conservatism and its role in contemporary politics| European Council on Foreign Relations
Mark Leonard is joined by Gladden Pappin to explore the liberal international order and the recent shift in EU-US relations…| ECFR
Mark Leonard welcomes Rod Dreher to discuss which factors are behind recent major shifts in the global political landscape| European Council on Foreign Relations
Mark Leonard and Yoram Hazony discuss the rise of national conservatism and its challenge to the liberal order…| ECFR
The Trump administration has made clear its distain for the multilateral system. As it reviews US participation, Europeans are faced with a tricky balance of selectively embracing these reforms while filling the America-sized hole| European Council on Foreign Relations
The re-election of President Donald Trump and the recent successes of right-wing parties across the world are posing a challenge to the established political order. With overwhelming evidence that we are living through a political Zeitenwende, this summer ECFR is taking a deep dive into the “post-liberal revolution”—starting with a new podcast series on the […]| European Council on Foreign Relations
Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump have announced a 15% tariff on most EU goods exported to the US. The compromise has avoided a trade war for now—but Europeans need to safeguard the deal’s…| ECFR
Bulgaria celebrated its entry into the euro zone this month, but inside the country, opposition figures are being arrested and its judiciary is crumbling. This democratic backsliding risks undermining the EU from within.| European Council on Foreign Relations
Mark Leonard welcomes Vessela Tcherneva and Maria Simeonova, to discuss the deteriorating political situation in Bulgaria…| ECFR
British prime minister Keir Starmer’s successful ‘reset’ with Europe highlights an underlying incoherence. The only rational long-term strategy is to rejoin the EU, but British politics is far removed from that| European Council on Foreign Relations
A new ECFR poll points to Europeans’ widespread (but not universal) reassessment of the transatlantic relationship, and extensive opportunities for the new US president to divide them if they do not…| ECFR
Friedrich Merz is likely to be the next chancellor of Germany. But the CDU leader will usher in a generational shift, moving the country away from its Europe-first approach and towards new intergovernmental alliances| ECFR
Voters in both the UK and major EU states are open to compromise. Leaders on both sides of the Channel should use this political space for an ambitious reset.| ECFR