“The times they are a-changin” and—six decades after Bob Dylan released his folk classic in the decade of “peace and love”—politicians are breaking long-standing taboos on European defence almost ...

Rumen Radev is steering Bulgaria towards a more transactional foreign policy. The EU needs to engage with Sofia and push back ...

Whether you’re heading off on holiday or staying home this summer, ECFR’s entertainment recommendations—spanning books, ...

The EU needs to align climate diplomacy with industrial strategy to accelerate Europe’s transition to a competitive ...

May 2025 Anatomy of a chokepoint Mapping power and conflict in the Red Sea This ECFR project maps the Red Sea region as a nexus of conflict, regional rivalries and global power plays. To address the ...

Israel has launched unprecedented strikes across Iran. On the morning of June 13th, Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu confirmed that the overnight attack was designed to inflict significant ...

For the second July running, a controversial decision from President Volodymyr Zelensky has sparked protests across Ukraine. Last year it was his attempt to weaken two anti-corruption bodies. This ...

Some European leaders seem to think that abasing themselves for Donald Trump’s pleasure is necessary to save NATO and keep ...

It has been over a year since Bashar al-Assad fled Damascus on a Russian jet in the middle of the night. In the ruins of his brutal regime, Syria has made remarkable progress. There is more stability, ...

As agricultural protests grip countries across the European Union, farmers are set to be a force to contend with in this crucial election year. In France, tractors have paralysed the motorway system ...

One of the first session themes of the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in November, attended by representatives of all 54 African states, may surprise many: ...