ECFR reports: Sanctions on Russia part 1
In the first of two podcasts exploring the impact of sanctions on Russia, Mark Galeotti of New York University explains how they could tie in with changes to Vladimir Putin's style of government
View ArticleECFR reports: Sanctions against Putin's Kremlin part 2
In the second of two podcasts on possible western sanctions against Russia, Timothy Ash examines the possible economic impact of those sanctions
View ArticleECFR reports: Turkey's trajectory after local elections
After a solid result for Turkey's AK party in local elections, but criticisms of PM Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian style, what trajectory is the country on? With John Peet and Elif Shafak
View ArticleECFR reports: fixing Europe with John Peet
John Peet, co-author of "Unhappy Union: How the euro crisis – and Europe – can be fixed", explains why it would have been better for the euro crisis to begin in Ireland rather than Greece, and why...
View ArticleECFR reports: fixing Europe with David Marsh
In the second of two podcasts looking at how Europe can be fixed, David Marsh suggests that policy makers need to pay more attention to the people of Europe and how they now feel about the EU
View ArticleECFR reports: Giuseppe Scognamiglio on the Ukraine crisis
Why is Catherine Ashton's appearance in Geneva the most positive thing to come out of the Ukraine crisis, and will economic self interest be enough to defuse the situation there?
View ArticleECFR reports: Abdul Rahman Alageli on Libya's transition
Abdul Rahman Alageli explains why the Libyan state is a challenge to an effective democratic transition, and why the country may be better off without oil money
View ArticleECFR reports: Foreign minister Federica Mogherini on Europe's crises
Foreign minister Federica Mogherini talks about Ukraine, the European elections, and crises, in her keynote speech at ECFR's Annual Council Meeting
View ArticleECFR reports: Will the populists continue to rise?
Laurence Parisot on the far right's continued rise in France, and Peter Kellner on why UKIP's electoral success in Britain has already reached its high water mark.
View ArticleECFR reports: Syria & Iraq through Saudi eyes
HRH Prince Turki al Faisal explains how he views the situation in Syria and Iraq, from the bloody stalemate in one to the bloody advance of ISIS in the other.
View ArticleECFR reports: The Spitzenkandidaten debate
As the Spitzenkandidaten debate rumbles on, here are two voices in favour of the innovation, and two against - as well as an introduction to the concept of 'democratic surplus'
View ArticleECFR reports: What should the West do about Sisi's Egypt?
Now that Sisi has been sworn in as Egypt's new president, what are the challenges ahead and how can the West deal with his government?
View ArticleECFR reports: the global impact of the Ukraine crisis 1
In the first of a pair of podcasts we hear about the wider fall out from the Ukraine crisis in the Middle East, Russia, Asia, and on the international system.
View ArticleECFR reports: the global impact of the Ukraine crisis 2
In the second of a pair of podcasts we hear about the impact of the Ukraine crisis on the EU, plus the views of several ECFR Council Members.
View ArticleECFR reports: Iran's nuclear negotiations
Ahead of another round of talks over Iran's nuclear programme, the country's deputy foreign minister and one of their negotiators set out what they think is important
View ArticleECFR reports: Europe's crises - Ukraine and migration
Analysis of two of the crises facing Europe - Ukraine and migration - with President Toomas Ilves, Carl Bildt, Jo Johnson, Emma Bonino and Sylvie Kaufman
View ArticleECFR reports: the Eurasian Union
What exactly would a Eurasian Union involve, why might Russia want it, and how would it affect Europe? Dmitri Trenin and Robert Cooper try to answer.
View ArticleECFR reports: two quick fixes for Europe
What two things would make the EU a better place? Jo Johnson, Carl Bildt, Tomas Ilves, Emma Bonino and Norbert Röttgen each give their thoughts.
View ArticleECFR reports: Iraq, ISIS and the view from Washington
Toby Dodge of LSE explains what is now happening in Iraq, and Jeremy Shapiro of the Brookings Institution gives the view from Washington
View ArticleECFR reports: Is Libya becoming a failed state?
As the situation in Libya continues to deteriorate, Mattia Toalda explains what's happening, how Libya could become a failed state on Europe's southern border, and what can be done to prevent things...
View ArticleECFR reports: Andrew Wilson on the Ukraine crisis
Andrew Wilson talks about his new book, "Ukraine crisis: What it means for the West", and looks ahead to what might happen next in Ukraine.
View ArticleECFR reports: How journalists report the EU part 2
In the second of two podcasts on how journalists report the European Union, we hear from Sara Hobolt of the LSE
View ArticleECFR reports: How journalists report the EU part 1
In the first of two podcasts looking at how journalists report on the EU, we hear from John Lloyd of the Reuters Institute in Oxford on a new report on the subject that he has just co-authored
View ArticleECFR reports: What kind of animal is the EU?
Mark Corner, the author of the new book, "The European Union: an introduction", explains why he compares the EU to a half horse-half zebra called a quagga. The full length interview by Nicholas Walton...
View ArticleECFR reports: US policy in the Middle East part 3
In the third of three podcasts on US foreign policy in the Middle East, Ambassador Charles Freeman argues that Obama's foreign policy lacks a guiding strategy
View ArticleECFR reports: US policy in the Middle East part 2
In the second of three podcasts looking at US foreign policy in the Middle East, we hear from Professor Juan Cole, who explains why events in the Middle East caught President Obama off guard
View ArticleECFR reports: US policy in the Middle East part 1
In the first of three podcasts on US policy in the Middle East, Jeremy Shapiro explains why foreign policy is in thrall to US domestic policy
View ArticleECFR reports: understanding the energy market in Ukraine and beyond
ECFR's visiting fellow, Chi-Kong Chyong, offers his analysis of Ukraine's energy market, relations between Moscow and Kiev, and why the EU needs more long term thinking about energy security
View ArticleECFR reports: Rebooting EU foreign policy part 2
In the second of two podcasts, Spiros Economides of the London School of Economics argues that the EU needs to think strategically about how it interacts with the rest of the world
View ArticleECFR reports: Rebooting EU foreign policy part 1
Nick Witney, co-author of the ECFR publication 'Rebooting EU foreign policy', explains the need for a rethink of how the EU deals with the world beyond its borders
View ArticleECFR reports: Turkey's Kurds
Hugh Pope analyses how negotiations between Turkey's government and the Kurds have been affected by the turmoil across the border in Syria.
View ArticleECFR reports: what the Ukrainian conflict means in the South Caucasus
What does the Ukraine conflict mean for Armenia and Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus? Richard Giragosian gives reasons to be both concerned and optimistic
View ArticleJosé Ignacio Torreblanca on the need for more politics in the EU
José Ignacio Torreblanca, director of ECFR Madrid, talks at the European Parliament about the political crisis now facing the EU and how pro-European forces can divert it.
View ArticleKadri Liik on the future of eastern Ukraine
Kadri Liik, ECFR senior policy fellow and expert on relations between Russia and the West, talks about her recent policy memo "What will happen with eastern Ukraine?" and on how the EU should act.
View ArticleJulien Barnes-Dacey on how to deal with ISIS
Julien Barnes-Dacey, ECFR senior policy fellow and expert on the Middle East, talks about the publication "The Islamic State through the regional lens" and gives his opinion on whether military...
View ArticleJosé Ignacio Torreblanca on what Podemos and Syriza mean for Europe
José Ignacio Torreblanca, head of the ECFR Madrid office, talks to NTV Turkey about Podemos, Syriza and the challenges facing traditional parties across Europe.
View ArticleAnthony Dworkin on a new framework for surveillance
Anthony Dworkin, ECFR senior policy fellow, talks about his policy memo "Surveillance, privacy, and security: Europe’s confused response to Snowden" and explains a new approach on how to find a balance...
View ArticleScorecard 2015 publication - Kadri Liik on chapter 1: Russia
Russia's annexation of Crimea and the invasion of Eastern Ukraine turned EU-Russia relations from problematic into an urgent strategic problem. Kadri Liik, ECFR senior policy fellow and author of the...
View ArticleScorecard 2015 publication - Thomas Wright on chapter 2: United States
Thomas Wright, fellow at Brookings Institution and author of chapter 2 from the European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015, talks about US-EU relations last year and its convergence towards the end of the...
View ArticleScorecard 2015 publication - Vessela Tcherneva on Chapter 3: Wider Europe
Vessela Tcherneva, ECFR's director of the Wider Europe programme, gives her analysis on the EU's performance upon dealing with the western Balkans in 2014 and discusses which challenges the relations...
View ArticleEuropean Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 - Susi Dennison on Chapter 4: MENA
Susi Dennison, Senior Policy Fellow and expert on the MENA region, explains the EU's performance in the Middle East and North Africa in 2014, and the need for a new strategy.
View ArticleEuropean Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 - Francois Godement on Chapter 5:...
Francois Godement, director of ECFR’s China and Asia Programme, on the expansion of relations between the EU and Asia in 2014 through the EU’s confirmation of a free trade pact negotiation with Japan...
View ArticleEuropean Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 - Richard Gowan on Chapter 6:...
Richard Gowan, ECFR Associate Fellow and author of Chapter 6, believes there were several crises the EU had to face in 2014. How to deal with the increased migration from African countries was the most...
View ArticleA Fresh Start for TTIP
ECFR Senior Policy Fellow, Josef Janning, co-author of the policy brief 'A Fresh Start for TTIP' talks about the challenges of finding a free trade agreement between the US and the EU that satisfies...
View ArticleMark Leonard's interview with Professor Joseph Nye
Professor Joseph Nye, political scientist and former Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, talks to ECFR Director Mark Leonard about his new book "Is the American...
View ArticleA “Soft Alliance”? Russia-China Relations After the Ukraine Crisis
Author of ‘A “Soft Alliance”? Russia-China Relations After the Ukraine Crisis', Alexander Gabuev, and ECFR's China Programme co-ordinator, Thomas König, discuss how Putin sees in its Asian pivot a way...
View ArticleECFR reports: The European interest in an investment treaty with China
In order to negotiate a meaningful treaty, ECFR policy fellow Angela Stanzel and senior policy fellow Francois Godement believe that Europeans need to unify around a negotiating mandate that reconciles...
View ArticleVoices on Ukraine, voices of Ukraine part 1 - Ivan Krastev
ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid Office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, and ECFR Board Member and chairman of the Centre of Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Ivan Krastev, discuss the...
View ArticleVoices on Ukraine, voices of Ukraine part 2 - Svitlana Zalishchuk
ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, and Svitlana Zalishchuk, Ukrainian MP and member of the Poroshenko List, discuss the outlook for the...
View ArticleVoices on Ukraine , voices of Ukraine part 3 - Yevgenia Belorusets
ECFR's Policy Fellow and Associate Director of the Madrid office, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, and Ukrainian artist, Yevgenia Belorusets, take a look at the everyday life of people in eastern Ukraine...
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