NATO’s Vilnius summit: The highlights and the future challenges
This week, the leaders of NATO member countries gathered in Vilnius for the organisation’s annual summit. The summit addressed crucial issues and implications for international security. From Sweden’s...
14 Jul 202329min
Immigration, identity, and Europe: Lessons from post-Brexit Britain
What does it mean to be patriotic in 2023? Following the significant population movements of recent years, leaders in European states are increasingly trying to foster a sense of identity that can hol...
7 Jul 202340min
Podcast special: Wagner v Putin
The past two days will surely go down in Russian history. What started on Saturday as an armed rebellion within Russia by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenaries ended in something of a whimper, with V...
27 Jun 202334min
The great reset? How the EU and UK can rethink their cooperation on foreign policy
War has returned to the European continent, putting many previous divisions into perspective. This has caused European leaders to think afresh about their politics – and raised the question of the UK’...
23 Jun 202335min
Keeping America close, Russia down, and China far away: How Europeans navigate a competitive world
European citizens are adapting slowly to the new geopolitical landscape. But leaders have an opportunity to build public consensus on the EU’s approach to China, the US, and Russia. ECFR’s latest poll...
16 Jun 202332min
Democracy in the age of polycrisis with Adam Tooze
This week, European decision-makers and opinion-shapers gathered in Stockholm for ECFR´s annual council meeting.There, they discussed how democracy might survive the complex interaction of multiple ov...
9 Jun 202335min
Israeli politics with Merav Michaeli
Earlier this month, Israel marked its 75th birthday amid one of the biggest crises of democracy the country has ever experienced. Since returning to power in December last year, prime minister Benjami...
2 Jun 202330min
The Sudan conflict and its impacts on the region
The crisis in Sudan is now in its sixth week, with no end in sight. Neither the Sudanese Armed Forces nor the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been able to gain decisive victories in the capital...
26 Mai 202333min
