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The World Cup in Kaliningrad: Potemkin Village or real change? (Commentary)
Sergey Sukhankin - 15 June 2018
Moscow’s handling of Kaliningrad in recent years makes it no surprise World Cup fans are set to venture in from Poland for matches only rather than stay there.
Power words: Europe’s stake in the Macedonian name dispute (Commentary)
Daniel Stefanov & Vessela Tcherneva - 14 June 2018
By actively supporting Macedonia and Greece to settle their name conflict, the EU could energise other countries of the Western Balkans to engage in democratic reforms, while also strengthening their economic outlook – and counter an assertive Russia.
A new approach for western Balkans enlargement (Commentary)
Hannes Swoboda & Maria Eleni Koppa - 13 June 2018
A three-step approach on a “more for more” basis will bring the EU and the countries of the western Balkans closer together.
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
UN peacekeeping in Donbas? The stakes of the Russia-Ukraine conflict (Commentary)
Andreas Umland - 08 June 2018
A transitional UN peacekeeping mission in, and international civilian administration of, Donbas would have two major benefits.
The ECFR Power Audits (Commentary)
Asli Aydıntaşbaş & François Godement & Kadri Liik & Jeremy Shapiro - 25 May 2018
The four power audits show that Europeans, particularly when working together, retain the capacity to cooperate and compete effectively with all these powers. But they also show that, in each case, Europe is failing to do so.
Ukrainian elections: Poroshenko and proliferating populists (Commentary)
Andrew Wilson - 23 May 2018
Four years after Euromaidan, the overall picture is bleak. Former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko has established a lead in the polls – but she has done so by profiting from social and economic problems rather than addressing past faults.
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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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 World Cup in Kaliningrad: Potemkin Village or real change? (Commentary)
Sergey Sukhankin - 15 June 2018
Moscow’s handling of Kaliningrad in recent years makes it no surprise World Cup fans are set to venture in from Poland for matches only rather than stay there.
Power words: Europe’s stake in the Macedonian name dispute (Commentary)
Daniel Stefanov & Vessela Tcherneva - 14 June 2018
By actively supporting Macedonia and Greece to settle their name conflict, the EU could energise other countries of the Western Balkans to engage in democratic reforms, while also strengthening their economic outlook – and counter an assertive Russia.
A new approach for western Balkans enlargement (Commentary)
Hannes Swoboda & Maria Eleni Koppa - 13 June 2018
A three-step approach on a “more for more” basis will bring the EU and the countries of the western Balkans closer together.
UN peacekeeping in Donbas? The stakes of the Russia-Ukraine conflict (Commentary)
Andreas Umland - 08 June 2018
A transitional UN peacekeeping mission in, and international civilian administration of, Donbas would have two major benefits.
The ECFR Power Audits (Commentary)
Asli Aydıntaşbaş & François Godement & Kadri Liik & Jeremy Shapiro - 25 May 2018
The four power audits show that Europeans, particularly when working together, retain the capacity to cooperate and compete effectively with all these powers. But they also show that, in each case, Europe is failing to do so.
Ukrainian elections: Poroshenko and proliferating populists (Commentary)
Andrew Wilson - 23 May 2018
Four years after Euromaidan, the overall picture is bleak. Former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko has established a lead in the polls – but she has done so by profiting from social and economic problems rather than addressing past faults.
Lethal weapon: Has Trump mis-stepped on Ukraine? (Commentary)
Gustav Gressel - 17 May 2018
Sending anti-tank guided weapons to Ukraine is the right decision. But the Trump administration has gone about it the wrong way.
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4 factors that led to Turkey’s snap elections (Commentary)
Asli Aydıntaşbaş - 19 April 2018
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying to get ahead of a downward curve in Turkey’s fortunes. He has – probably – done enough to win this new snap vote
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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?
Russian and Chinese defence industries developments and their implications for Europe
Paris - 13 Feb 18
L'ECFR a le plaisir de vous convier à un BCM avec Nicu Popescu, Cyrille Bret, Mathieu Duchâtel et Gustavl Gressel. (L'événement est complet)
Getting the Western Balkans back on track
Brussels - 24 Jan 18
The Western Balkans is back on the EU’s agenda.
Transformation or isolation? EU policy towards its Eastern neighbours
Warsaw - 23 Nov 17
How to reform the Eastern Partnership in order to adapt it not only to changing circumstances, but also to the needs and expectations of both sides?
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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.
ECFR Discussion: The Chinese-Russian Eastern Partnership
Are Russia and China building an alliance which would fundamentally alter the geostrategic landscape in Eurasia and beyond?
With:
Nicu Popescu, Senior Analyst, EU Institute for Security Studies
Raffaello Pantucci, Director for International Security Studies, RUSI
Chaired by: Jeremy Shapiro, Research Director, ECFR
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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
Le Monde
23rd May, 2018
Kadri Liik is quoted by Le Monde regarding the state of relations between the EU and Russia.
Gazeta Prawna
19th May, 2018
Manuel Lafont Rapnouil cited on EU's ability to withstand pressure from US-Iran conflict.
Phoenix Runde
18th May, 2018
Almut Möller speaks to Phoenix Runde on the relations between Germany and Russia.
El Huffington Post
16th May, 2018
Mark Galeotti is quoted on how the Western Balkans have become a fragile game board between the EU and other powers.
La Vanguardia
16th May, 2018
Mark Galeotti is quoted on how the Western Balkans have become a fragile game board between the EU and other powers.
Al-Monitor
07th May, 2018
Asli Aydintasbas quoted in Al-Monitor on the difficulties Erdogan may encounter during the Turkish elections in June
La Stampa
24th April, 2018
Asli Aydintasbas interviewed by Marta Ottavia on the future of EU-Turkey relations
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