http://ecfr.eu/blog/ en admin@ecfr.eu Copyright 2012 2012-02-21T16:36:05+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/The_fall_of_a_princeling_the_fall_of_the_Chongqing_model When:16:36:05Z It could have been so easy: Bo Xilai, Chongqing Communist Party Chief quickly poised himself as a serious contender for a much-coveted position in the upcoming 18th National Congress of theRead more… Thomas Koenig, China, 2012-02-21T16:36:05+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/reinventing_new_europe When:08:22:06Z My colleague Dimitar Bechev recently wrote this blog post about the slow but inevitable end of 'new Europe'. Diverging economic trajectories and political interests of newer EU members in CentralRead more… Jana Kobzova , Euro Crisis, Wider Europe, Reinventing Europe, 2012-02-21T08:22:06+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/reinventing_europe_claus_offe When:10:10:17Z As part of ECFR's 'Reinvention of Europe' project, we are running a series of responses from leading thinkers and academics to Mark Leonard's recent paper, 'Four scenarios for the reinvention ofRead more… Euro Crisis, Reinventing Europe, 2012-02-20T10:10:17+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/ecfr_this_week_17th_february_2012 When:14:27:25Z Following the publication of ECFR’s Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012 we are running a series of blog posts covering many of the events we’re holding across Europe (and beyond) to discuss itsRead more… Andreas Mullerleile, Nicholas Walton, ECFR this week , 2012-02-17T14:27:25+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/europes_crisis_of_trust When:09:48:46Z A couple of weeks ago I stumbled upon an article on “Cameron’s Munich” comparing the alliance between the English and the Czechs at the last European Council with the situation of Munich in 1938.Read more… Ulrike Guérot, Germany in Europe, 2012-02-17T09:48:46+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/reinventing_europe_pawe_wieboda When:16:23:47Z As part of ECFR's 'Reinvention of Europe' project, we are running a series of responses from leading thinkers and academics to Mark Leonard's recent paper, 'Four scenarios for the reinvention ofRead more… Paweł Świeboda, Euro Crisis, Reinventing Europe, 2012-02-16T16:23:47+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/the_scorecard_tour_berlin When:10:06:06Z Hans Kundnani is one of the lead authors of the ECFR's Foreign Policy Scorecard. He's writing this series of blog posts as he attends a series of Scorecard events across Europe and beyond. WhenRead more… Hans Kundnani, Europe and the world, Germany in Europe, 2012-02-16T10:06:06+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/sofia_view_blackbirds_and_hawks When:17:11:19Z Kosovo (“the land of blackbirds”) is known for its hawkish mores. As proven by both the bullet and the ballot: the Serbs in North Kosovo are currently having a referendum on the question of "Do youRead more… Dimitar Bechev, Rule of law, democracy and human rights, Wider Europe, Sofia view, 2012-02-15T17:11:19+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/the_scorecard_tour_stockholm When:10:54:40Z This blog post by Mark Leonard is one of a series (mainly by lead author Hans Kundnani) on the debates in a series of events on ECFR's Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012 across Europe and beyond. IRead more… Mark Leonard, Europe and the world, Scorecard, 2012-02-15T10:54:40+00:00 http://ecfr.eu/blog/entry/europes_moral_victory_at_the_un When:10:21:50Z The last couple of weeks have been disorienting for veteran observers of the United Nations. The spectacle of the U.S. and Europeans lining up with the Arab bloc – and many developing countries –Read more… Richard Gowan, Middle East and North Africa, 2012-02-15T10:21:50+00:00