Germany’s policy towards Israel undermines its commitment to international law and the EU’s capacity to act as a geopolitical actor| European Council on Foreign Relations
Europeans have the potential to tip the scales in the coming diplomatic negotiations over Gaza, but they must move rapidly| European Council on Foreign Relations
Jeremy Shapiro welcomes Jana Kobzova and Jim O’Brien to discuss the latest twists in diplomacy between Ukraine, Russia and the West| European Council on Foreign Relations
Behind the European far-right’s success is an identity politics that gives voters a sense of belonging. Europe’s liberal forces need to offer a credible alternative| European Council on Foreign Relations
Madagascar’s recent regime change is being described as a coup—but its young people should take the credit. The EU needs to support the Malagasy population and lend its technical expertise to the island’s new government| European Council on Foreign Relations
Russia has many quiet enemies in Africa. Working together, like-minded Africans and Europeans can roll back its troublesome influence.| European Council on Foreign Relations
The case of Nexperia is another reminder Europeans need to speed up the assembly of their own trade and tech tools| European Council on Foreign Relations
Beijing is turning its rare earth monopoly into a weapon. The EU needs to treat this as the emergency that it is and unleash its anti-coercion shield to bring China to the negotiating table| European Council on Foreign Relations
The likely new government in Prague will add one more state opposed to the EU’s green deal, and migration and asylum pact| European Council on Foreign Relations
The EU’s next budget will shape its future. Member states must strike a grand bargain to decarbonise Europe and, by extension, drive EU security and competitiveness.| European Council on Foreign Relations
Mark Leonard welcomes Eran Etzion and Jamal Nusseibeh to unpack the fragile Gaza ceasefire and Trump’s ambitious 20-point peace plan| European Council on Foreign Relations
European credibility to uphold human rights in the Middle East has faded, but the EU can still have an impact by backing social and economic rights, empowering people through reform…| ECFR
The US president is throwing the EU lots of economic curveballs. Brussels should not be distracted by these; instead, it should double down on adopting measures that will benefit the bloc long after…| ECFR
Mark Leonard launches ECFR’s new RE-ENGAGE podcast series with Lykke Friis to explore the future of EU enlargement and Denmark’s role in shaping it| European Council on Foreign Relations
Mark Leonard welcomes Celia Belin to unpack France’s spiralling political crisis and what comes next for President Emmanuel Macron.| European Council on Foreign Relations
By presenting Kirk as a martyr killed by “leftist hate”, conservative leaders across the Atlantic can reaffirm their core narrative: that they are victims, persecuted and silenced by liberal elites| European Council on Foreign Relations
Andrej Babis’s populist party won the Czech parliamentary election with the mantra of “Czechia first” and a promise to stop sending ammunition to Ukraine. Another European country, such as Finland, needs to take its place| European Council on Foreign Relations
The success of Maia Sandu’s pro-EU party in Moldova’s parliamentary election holds three valuable lessons for protecting votes from Russian meddling in the future—whether that is in Moldova or in other vulnerable democracies| European Council on Foreign Relations
Mark Leonard welcomes Hugh Lovatt to unpack Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza and what it means for Israel, Hamas, and Europe.| European Council on Foreign Relations
Italy and the EU must work more closely together in the “Wider Mediterranean” on energy, migration and security. Here’s how they can do it.| European Council on Foreign Relations
Trump’s peace plan could finally bring an end to Israel’s destruction of Gaza. But gaps in timing, guarantees, and last-minute Israeli amendments risk failure unless European and Arab states intervene| European Council on Foreign Relations
At this year’s Valdai club, Vladimir Putin gave his most anti-EU speech yet, citing his determination to see new anti-establishment politicians to come to power and improve Europe’s relations with Moscow| European Council on Foreign Relations
Mark Leonard welcomes Oren Cass to discuss the Republicans’ turn away from neoliberalism to embracing the working class| European Council on Foreign Relations
China is scooping up supply chain information as part of its trade restrictions. Europe lags behind in economic intelligence, but there is a way to start closing this gap with a low-cost, low-bureaucracy, high-impact step| European Council on Foreign Relations
Lesia Ogryzko and Leo Litra welcome Lyuba Shipovich and Gustav Gressel to unpack how warfare in Ukraine is changing and if Europe can respond| European Council on Foreign Relations
European states should offer support for the broad principles of the plan conditioned on a clear Israeli commitment to a full withdrawal from Gaza.| European Council on Foreign Relations
Vance is shaping up to be America’s most influential vice president since Dick Cheney—but that’s where the similarities between them end…| ECFR
As Russia accelerates its annexation of “frozen conflict” regions, the EU must enhance its policy to counter Moscow’s influence.| ECFR
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
A new global opinion poll for ECFR reveals that many people outside the West want Europe and the US in their lives for all they have to offer – but that does not translate into full political…| ECFR
Mark Leonard is co-founder and director of the ECFR. His topics of focus include geopolitics and geoeconomics, China, EU politics and institutions.| ECFR
The 2024 European Parliament elections will see a shift to the right in many countries and could mean that a populist right coalition emerges with a majority for the first time…| ECFR
Based on the idea that Russia’s and China’s increasingly aggressive foreign policies are interrelated, Taipei is strengthening ties with central and eastern Europe| ECFR
ECFR’s podcasts examine the events, policies, and ideas that will shape the world.| ECFR
A majority of European citizens believe a new cold war with both China and Russia is under way – but they mostly do not think that their own country is involved…| ECFR
