Pavel Slunkin is a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. He works on Belarus-related issues: its domestic and foreign policy, relations with Russia, the European Union, and the United States.
Prior to joining ECFR he worked for the foreign ministry of Belarus. Slunkin participated in Minsk talks on Ukraine preparation and worked as political analyst at the embassy of Belarus in Lithuania.
Slunkin holds a BA (Hons) in International Relations from the Belarusian State University and is an alumnus of several programmes by Clingendael Institute of International Relations (the Netherlands), Wake Forest University (US), Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Germany).
Podcast
José Ignacio Torreblanca, Mark Leonard, Jeremy Shapiro - 16 October, 2020
Europe’s digital transformation and sovereignty has become a question of existential importance. But what does it actually mean to be digital sovereign? Host Mark Leonard is joined by Marietje Schaake, President of the CyberPeace Institute and International Policy Director…
Ellie Geranmayeh - 16 October, 2020
A broad range of political and financial problems are likely to prevent Iran from importing advanced weapons systems in the coming years.
View from the Council
Roderich Kiesewetter - 15 October, 2020
Recent events show that Moscow does not take Berlin seriously when it acts alone. Germany must coordinate its actions at the European level and find common responses to Russia’s behaviour.
Julien Barnes-Dacey - 15 October, 2020
The US will continue to retreat from the Middle East and North Africa, whoever wins the presidency. Europe needs to get its house in order to defend its interests.
Note from Berlin
Claire Busse, Rafael Loss - 14 October, 2020
The Greens’ drive and plans will be essential if Germany is to regain a leadership role on European climate policy.
Policy Brief
Helen Lackner, Raiman Al-Hamdani - 14 October, 2020
European states should now increase conditional engagement with the Houthis, looking to widen political and humanitarian space on the ground.
Nicu Popescu - 13 October, 2020
EU diplomacy could facilitate a conflict settlement process by pressuring Armenia and Azerbaijan to start implementing the Madrid Principles.
Jana Puglierin - 12 October, 2020
The Europeans are insufficiently prepared to provide more in terms of defence and stability. There will be a rude awakening even with a President Biden in the White House.
Manisha Reuter - 12 October, 2020
India and Europe are both looking to free themselves from dependence on China. On questions of health and technology, they should be natural allies.
Cinzia Bianco - 9 October, 2020
The new, still-unsteady leaders of Kuwait and Oman cannot afford to take the same risks as their predecessors. They will need Europe’s support if they are to maintain their independence.
Podcast
9 October, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken the EU’s conception of order and exposed a gap between European aspirations and actions. Firstly, Europeans are confronted with the fact that raw power, not rules, is the main factor determining today’s global dynamics. Secondly,…
Nicu Popescu - 8 October, 2020
Russia appears willing to allow Azerbaijan to recapture some areas around Nagorno-Karabakh, betting on Armenian dependency and Azerbaijani gratitude.
by Helen Lackner, Raiman Al-Hamdani - 14th October, 2020
European states should now increase conditional engagement with the Houthis, looking to widen political and humanitarian space on the ground.
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by Andrew Wilson - 17th September, 2020
The EU should make use of its significant leverage in Georgia and Moldova to counter their ruling parties’ extensive repertoire of electoral dirty tricks
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by Janka Oertel - 07th September, 2020
In its remaining months, the German Council presidency could use this momentum to create institutional structures to improve the EU’s capacity to act.
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by Andrew Lebovich - 26th August, 2020
The Alliance aimed to integrate security, development, and governance perspectives but has struggled to find coherence and effectiveness.
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by Mark Leonard - 12th August, 2020
The shock of covid-19 in Britain may end the culture-wars politics set off by the Brexit referendum
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by Carla Hobbs (ed.) - 30th July, 2020
The EU cannot continue to rely on its regulatory power but must become a tech superpower in its own right. Referees do not win the game.
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by Sajad Jiyad - 28th July, 2020
Europe should help the Kadhimi government undertake political and economic reform, increase its geopolitical autonomy, and take on a greater security role
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by Jana Puglierin, Ulrike Esther Franke - 14th July, 2020
The EU Coalition Explorer survey reveals the importance of Germany and France within the EU, and the impact they can have when they cooperate with each other.
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by Pawel Zerka - 08th July, 2020
ECFR research into how EU member states and institutions worked together at the height of covid-19 confirms Germany was the bloc’s undisputed crisis leader
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by Anthony Dworkin - 03rd July, 2020
North African countries, each for their own reasons, are increasingly turning their attention towards sub-Saharan Africa.
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by Jonathan Hackenbroich, Jeremy Shapiro, and Tara Varma - 29th June, 2020
Europe must improve its early warning systems, supply chain resilience, medical R&D, and cyber security and technology, to act decisively in future emergencies
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by Susi Dennison, Pawel Zerka - 29th June, 2020
A new survey shows that, after the onset of the covid-19 crisis, there has been a rise in public support for unified EU action to tackle global threats
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Ellie Geranmayeh - 16 October, 2020
A broad range of political and financial problems are likely to prevent Iran from importing advanced weapons systems in the coming years.
View from the Council
Roderich Kiesewetter - 15 October, 2020
Recent events show that Moscow does not take Berlin seriously when it acts alone. Germany must coordinate its actions at the European level and find common responses to Russia’s behaviour.
Julien Barnes-Dacey - 15 October, 2020
The US will continue to retreat from the Middle East and North Africa, whoever wins the presidency. Europe needs to get its house in order to defend its interests.
Note from Berlin
Claire Busse, Rafael Loss - 14 October, 2020
The Greens’ drive and plans will be essential if Germany is to regain a leadership role on European climate policy.
Nicu Popescu - 13 October, 2020
EU diplomacy could facilitate a conflict settlement process by pressuring Armenia and Azerbaijan to start implementing the Madrid Principles.
Jana Puglierin - 12 October, 2020
The Europeans are insufficiently prepared to provide more in terms of defence and stability. There will be a rude awakening even with a President Biden in the White House.
Manisha Reuter - 12 October, 2020
India and Europe are both looking to free themselves from dependence on China. On questions of health and technology, they should be natural allies.
Cinzia Bianco - 9 October, 2020
The new, still-unsteady leaders of Kuwait and Oman cannot afford to take the same risks as their predecessors. They will need Europe’s support if they are to maintain their independence.
Nicu Popescu - 8 October, 2020
Russia appears willing to allow Azerbaijan to recapture some areas around Nagorno-Karabakh, betting on Armenian dependency and Azerbaijani gratitude.
Piotr Buras - 6 October, 2020
One should not expect a parting of the ways between Poland and Germany in the near future so much as the further provincialisation of their relations in a changing European Union.
Andrew Lebovich - 6 October, 2020
There are promising signs in Mali’s new government, but the international community must take action now to ensure the military junta cedes power to civilians.
Podcast
José Ignacio Torreblanca, Mark Leonard, Jeremy Shapiro - 16 October, 2020
Europe’s digital transformation and sovereignty has become a question of existential importance. But what does it actually mean to be digital sovereign? Host Mark Leonard is joined by Marietje Schaake, President of the CyberPeace Institute and International Policy Director…
Podcast
9 October, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken the EU’s conception of order and exposed a gap between European aspirations and actions. Firstly, Europeans are confronted with the fact that raw power, not rules, is the main factor determining today’s global dynamics. Secondly,…
Podcast
2 October, 2020
The contested Nagorno-Karabakh region is at the heart of a decades-long armed standoff between neighbours Armenia and Azerbaijan. The heavy clashes seen last week prompted fears that the dispute could spark yet again another war in the…
Discussion
29 September, 2020
What is the best strategy for de-escalation? Will Europe be able to overcome its internal divisions on East Med?
Podcast
Asli Aydıntaşbaş, Mark Leonard, Tara Varma - 25 September, 2020
In the eastern Mediterranean, a scramble is under way between countries in the region for access to recently discovered gas fields, often overlapping with wider battle lines across the Middle East, historical tensions and far-back-reaching sentiments. Following up on last…
Talk
Ibrahim Kalin | Mark Leonard - 17 September, 2020
Virtual talk on 17 September 2020 with Ibrahim Kalin on Turkey's position in the current Eastern Mediterranean conflict, the risks of military escalation and prospects for a dialogue with Europe.
Podcast
Mark Leonard - 17 September, 2020
Ursula von der Leyen’s first State of the European Union speech was as long as it was broad in topics and calls for action. Host Mark Leonard is joined by Alexander Stubb, ECFR Board Member, Director of the European University Institute’s School of Transnational…
Podcast
Asli Aydıntaşbaş, Mark Leonard, Jeremy Shapiro, Andrew Wilson - 11 September, 2020
Although US President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the election are shameless, they are still more subtle than the outright election rigging that one finds in places like Belarus. Like other authoritarian leaders, Trump is deploying a new anti-democratic politics…
