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The pastor, the banker, and the irresistible drama in Turkish-US relations (Commentary)
Asli Aydıntaşbaş - 02 August 2018
The Turkish-US relationship is either experiencing its first serious fissure since 1975, or just another bump in the road. No one can be sure.
No silver ballot: The problems with a Donbas referendum (Commentary)
Carl Bildt - 01 August 2018
The war in Donbas is Europe's worst active conflict - a referendum would not help
The power of the blacklist: The European Parliament’s proposed Magnitsky Act (Commentary)
Clara Portela - 19 July 2018
Sergei Magnitsky's death inspired the US to enact a law blacklisting individuals and seizing their assets. The EU is jumping on the bandwagon.
On a hot summer's day in Helsinki (Commentary)
Kadri Liik - 17 July 2018
Was Helsinki really a big win for Russia? And defeat for Europe?
Trump cannot bring Europe and China together (Commentary)
François Godement - 06 July 2018
Donald Trump’s attack on the international trading system is changing the EU's relationship with China
Trump vs. EU: The dead end of the normative approach (Commentary)
Vessela Tcherneva - 04 July 2018
A divided EU - with an unstable Germany, a UK on its way out and renegade central eastern member states - is only of interest to the US as an ally in competition with Russia and China
Macron's European ambition begins in the Balkans (Commentary)
Loïc Tregoures - 03 July 2018
Emmanuel Macron’s attempts to block accession of Macedonia and Albania to the EU have nothing to do with the Western Balkans, and everything to do with the European elections
Conférence publique avec Hashim Thaçi, Président de la République du Kosovo
Conférence publique avec Hashim Thaci, Président de la République du Kosovo, modérée par Sylvie Kauffmann, Directrice éditoriale au Monde.
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Winning the normative war with Russia: An EU-Russia Power Audit
by Kadri Liik - 21st May, 2018
The path to winning the normative war will not go so much through countering Russia as through improving Europe’s resilience and reinvigorating its model
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The Way Back: Brain Drain and Prosperity in the Western Balkans
by Alida Vracic - 09th May, 2018
The EU should do more to promote circular migration as part of their ongoing pursuit of European integration.
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The discreet charm of hypocrisy: An EU-Turkey Power Audit
by Asli Aydıntaşbaş - 23rd March, 2018
The survey reveals the varying motivations of the 28 EU member states for keeping Turkey close -- but not too close.
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The pastor, the banker, and the irresistible drama in Turkish-US relations (Commentary)
Asli Aydıntaşbaş - 02 August 2018
The Turkish-US relationship is either experiencing its first serious fissure since 1975, or just another bump in the road. No one can be sure.
No silver ballot: The problems with a Donbas referendum (Commentary)
Carl Bildt - 01 August 2018
The war in Donbas is Europe's worst active conflict - a referendum would not help
The power of the blacklist: The European Parliament’s proposed Magnitsky Act (Commentary)
Clara Portela - 19 July 2018
Sergei Magnitsky's death inspired the US to enact a law blacklisting individuals and seizing their assets. The EU is jumping on the bandwagon.
On a hot summer's day in Helsinki (Commentary)
Kadri Liik - 17 July 2018
Was Helsinki really a big win for Russia? And defeat for Europe?
Trump cannot bring Europe and China together (Commentary)
François Godement - 06 July 2018
Donald Trump’s attack on the international trading system is changing the EU's relationship with China
Trump vs. EU: The dead end of the normative approach (Commentary)
Vessela Tcherneva - 04 July 2018
A divided EU - with an unstable Germany, a UK on its way out and renegade central eastern member states - is only of interest to the US as an ally in competition with Russia and China
Macron's European ambition begins in the Balkans (Commentary)
Loïc Tregoures - 03 July 2018
Emmanuel Macron’s attempts to block accession of Macedonia and Albania to the EU have nothing to do with the Western Balkans, and everything to do with the European elections
Smart power rhetoric: One reason for Erdoğan’s re-election (Commentary)
Katharina Botel-Azzinnaro - 28 June 2018
The Turkish leader has perfected his rhetoric during 16 years in power, maintaining control with an effective interplay of coercion and attraction
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Winning the normative war with Russia
London - 27 Jun 18
How Europe can respond to the Russian challenge
16 May: In Dialogue with the Western Balkans
Sofia - 14 May 18
Creating a Region of Growth, Security and Connectivity on the Path to Europe
In Dialogue with the Western Balkans
Sofia - 14 May 18
Създаване на регионално развитие, сигурност и свързаност по пътя към Европа.
EU-Turkey deal two years on: Prospect of European migration policy
Warsaw - 25 Apr 18
How to secure borders while upholding the right to asylum?
What does Russia want?
Brussels - 28 Mar 18
What are Russia’s strategic goals and how should Europe respnd to them?
Turkey’s relations with the West: Abandonment, transactionalism or engagement?
How can the West navigate current tensions with Turkey?
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Conférence publique avec Hashim Thaçi, Président de la République du Kosovo
Conférence publique avec Hashim Thaci, Président de la République du Kosovo, modérée par Sylvie Kauffmann, Directrice éditoriale au Monde.
Digital supremacy
Mark Leonard speaks with Ulrike Franke, Angela Stanzel and André Loesekrug-Pietri, about the international race to develop artificial intelligence. The podcast was recorded on 4 June 2018.
Bookshelf:
Mao - The unknown story by Jon Halliday
The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking the public and private sector by Marianna Mazzucato
The Red: First Light by Linda Nagata
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
Mindful Tech by David M. Levy
Liquid Surveillnace - A Conversation by Zymnunt Bauman
Kanzlerin Merkel in Gespraech in FAZ am Sonntag
Turkey’s snap election
Mark Leonard speaks with Asli Aydıntaşbaş about why Erdoğan called early elections for this summer, and the new European Commission’s accession report.
Bookshelf:
The world America made by Robert KaganEl libro de los abrazos by Eduardo Galeano
UK sanctions against Russia, and a new trade war
Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR experts Kadri Liik and Sebastian Dullien about the consequences of the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK, and the eruption of an EU-US trade war.
Bookshelf:
The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization by Professor Peter van den Bossche
Liquid Surveillance by Zygmunt Bauman and David Lyon
Is Peace in Sight in Donbas?
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard discusses peacekeeping in Ukraine and the EU's Russia policy with ECFR's Russia expert, Kadri Liik and ECFR's Ukraine expert Andrew Wilson.
The podcast was recorded on 3rd November 2017.
Bookshelf:
Stephen Kotkin, Stalin, Vol. II: Waiting for Hitler, 1928–1941
Anne Applebaum, Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine
Yuri Slezkine, The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution
Carl Bildt, "Is Peace in Donbas possible?"
The European Union and the Eastern neighbourhood
Discussion avec Andrew Wilson, senior policy fellow du programme Wider Europe de l'ECFR et Mathilde Ciulla, coordinatrice du bureau de Paris de l'ECFR, sur l'Union européenne et le Partenariat oriental.
L’Union européenne et le Partenariat oriental
Podcast de la conférence "L’Union européenne et le Partenariat oriental" du 19/10 à la Maison de l'Europe de Paris avec Andrew Wilson, senior policy fellow du programme Wider Europe de l'ECFR, Vygaudas Usackas, diplomate lituanien et ambassadeur de l'Europe en Russie jusqu'en octobre 2017, Nicola Pollitt, directrice adjointe à la direction d’Europe orientale et d’Asie centrale du Ministère des affaires étrangères britannique et Isabelle Lasserre, grand reporter au service étranger du Figaro.
Trouble on the fringes: how to stabilise Europe's neighbourhood
ECFR's director Mark Leonard discusses the challenges that Europe faces both in its Eastern and Southern neighbourhoods with Nicu Popescu and Florence Daub, two Senior Analysts at the EU Institute for Security Studies.
The podcast was recorded in Brussels on 21st June 2017.
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The New York Times
10th August, 2018
NYT quotes the latest ECFR piece by Asli Aydintasbas on the rift between the US and Turkey
The Washington Post
09th August, 2018
Carl Bildt's take on the danger of exchange of territory in the Balkans
Bloomberg
02nd August, 2018
Asli Aydintasbas comments on the current state of the US-Turkey relationship
The Washington Post
26th July, 2018
Asli Aydintasbas discusses the German soccer star Mesut Ozil’s tragic naiveté about Turkey, and racism in Germany and the sport
Turkey’s opposition might actually have a chance
22nd June, 2018
Council Fellow Asli Aydintasbas comments in POLITICO Europe on the snap elections in Turkey and the opposition candidate’s chances against Erdogan
Rzeczpospolita
13th June, 2018
Interview with Vessela Tcherneva on the agreement between Greece and Macedonia on the name of the country and on the broader context of the Euro-integration of the Western Balkans.
Le Monde
23rd May, 2018
Kadri Liik is quoted by Le Monde regarding the state of relations between the EU and Russia.
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