The European Council on Foreign Relations

Institutions, Money and Power

How can the European Union and its member countries increase their global reach? How should the EU pursue its interests and values through trade and aid policies? Can European civilian and military capabilities be deployed with greater effectiveness in the world?s conflict zones?

Publications

How to stop the demilitarisation of Europe

08 Nov 11

Building sustainable EU military power at a time of defence cuts

The European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2010

30 Mar 11

A survey of 80 European foreign policy components over 6 issues

Towards a post-American Europe: A Power Audit of EU-US Relations by Nick Witney & Jeremy Shapiro

02 Nov 09

Europe has the US president it wished for, but does Barack Obama have the strong transatlantic partner he wants?

Can the EU rebuild failing states? A review of Europe?s civilian capacities.

16 Oct 09

Have broken promises and treating Afghanistan, DR Congo and Iraq like Bosnia left the EU without the capacity to prevent fragile states from becoming failing states?

Re-wiring the US-EU relationship

20 Jan 09
With the pivotal change of leadership in Washington, the US and the EU may have an ideal moment to strengthen the US-EU institutional bond.

Re-energising Europe's Security and Defence Policy

29 Jul 08
European governments cannot afford to move at the speed of the slowest, argues Nick Witney, and should push for a 'multi-speed' Europe on ESDP

New World Order: The balance of soft power and the rise of herbivorous powers

24 Oct 07
A global public opinion survey shows that there is growing public support for a more multi-polar world, and 35% of world citizens would like to see the EU's influence to grow.

Commentary

The eurozone needs a government bond market

George Soros - 18 Feb 09
George Soros argues that a eurozone government bond market would bring immediate and vital benefits.

Serbia, mon amour

Spain should have nothing to fear from Kosovo?s independence, writes Jose Ignacio Torreblanca.

How to avoid the ruin of the European market

Taskforces chaired by the European Commission should co-ordinate state aid, making sure that national measures reinforce each other to the greater benefit of the sectors concerned and avoid bending competition rules, writes Giuliano Amato and Emma Bonino.

Will the difference really make a difference?

Ulrike Guérot, - 11 Feb 09
In her review of the Munich Security Conference, Ulrike Gu?rot argues that the US reassured Europe of its commitment to a multilateral approach to foreign policy. But how visible, deep and quick will the change in transatlantic relations be?

Transatlantic relations ? three paradigms, three urgent changes

Ulrike Guérot, - 09 Feb 09
This week?s Munich Security Conference offers a platform for transatlantic change. Ulrike Gu?rot discusses three necessary paradigm shifts.

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Reinvention of Europe

In the Press

France Culture
09 Feb 12

Justin Vaïsse gives an Analysis of US presidential elections

Spravy Pravda
09 Feb 12

Spravy Pravda reviews ECFR's European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2012

Svenska Dagbladet
09 Feb 12

ECFR's Scorecard 2012 appears in a leader article by Svenska Dagbladet

Bloomberg TV
08 Feb 12

Ulrike Guérot is interviewed about Angela Merkel's handling of the eurocrisis

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