Like President Obama, Baroness Ashton may be judged on how well she dons a general’s beret. In building Europe’s military capabilities, there is fortunately both much to rectify and build on.
A podcast looking at Europe’s place in the world, this week and next. In this episode we look ahead to the EU-China summit with Francois Godement, and find out what ‘Ukraine Fatigue’ is from Andrew Wilson.
With the rest of Europe preoccupied with the van Rompuy and Ashton appointments, the French Europe Minister, Pierre Lellouche, picked the best time to announce some bad news: there will no joint Franco-German minister.
Belgian leadership consists of bringing consensus to a fractious coalition, exactly what the president of the EU has to do.
What will Europe’s leaders do with the reflection group’s report, which aims to be straight talking, concise and legible, when Felipe González delivers next year?
The EU was “diabolically efficient” in picking Rompuy and Ashtong to preserve the power of national capitals.
The names Hermann van Rompuy and Cathy Asthon have baffled Europeans today. But they may prove to be exactly the type of names Europe needs at its top.
In partnership with CER, ECFR organised a successful roundtable on ‘Achieving Energy Security in Europe’ on 17 November 2009.
On 6-7 November 09, ECFR Members and experts gathered in Madrid for the 6th Meeting of the ECFR Council.
The latest issue of China Analysis argues that Western concerns over “Chindia” - the emergence of a Sino-Indian economic power bloc or strategic alliance - may be unwarranted.
Europe has the US president it wished for, but Barack Obama lacks the strong transatlantic partner he wants.
Broken promises and treating Afghanistan, DR Congo and Iraq like Bosnia has left the EU without the capacity to prevent fragile states from becoming failing states.
If EU leaders are looking for ways to make the Eastern Partnership successful, there are worse places to start than Moldova.
ECFR publishes collection of views from key Russian intellectuals.
The EU’s ongoing loss of influence at the UN is putting lives at risk, argues ECFR’s latest paper.
Fears in Europe that China works to lock the US into a “G2” embrace so as to dominate the global agenda do not reflect Chinese experts’ current strategic thinking.
A complacent strategy focusing on slow change rather than pressing crises is losing the EU its battle with Russia for influence in the eastern neighbourhood.
The EU should seize the opportunity to influence President Obama’s efforts to reform US counterterrorism policy.
China is exploiting the EU’s divisions and treating the 27-state bloc with “diplomatic contempt” on issues ranging from trade to the Dalai Lama.
The military surge in Afghanistan will fail unless it comes with a civilian surge as part of a new strategy.
With the pivotal change of leadership in Washington, the US and the EU are presented with an ideal moment to strengthen the US-EU institutional bond.
Building a single European market in natural gas is the most effective strategy for the European Union to counter Russia’s divisive energy diplomacy.
In a joint research project with FRIDE, ECFR looks at the EU’s record in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Ukraine, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco.
The EU’s leverage to promote human rights through the UN has dramatically declined over the last decade, our exclusive report reveals.
This paper analyses the background and developments in the Russia-Georgia conflict and outlines recommendations on how to prevent wider political fallout.
European governments cannot afford to move at the speed of the slowest and should push for a ‘multi-speed’ Europe on ESDP.
Andrew Wilson on the Ukraine energy deal.
A story on our transatlantic report and Brussels event.
A Spanish blog on our transatlantic report.
Gowan comments on the views of the ICC in Africa and the West.
Thomas Klau on the appointments to the EU’s top jobs.
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