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October 11, 2023
Sustain and prosper: How Europeans can support Ukraine
By: Marie Dumoulin, Lykke Friis, Gustav Gressel, Leo Litra -
October 03, 2023
Strategic interdependence: Europe’s new approach in a world of middle powers
By: Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Julien Barnes-Dacey, Susi Dennison, Marie Dumoulin, Frédéric Grare -
September 28, 2023
Ends of the earth: How EU climate action can weather the coming election storm
By: Susi Dennison, Mats Engström -
September 27, 2023
From coal to consensus: Poland’s energy transition and its European future
By: Szymon Kardas -
September 12, 2023
House in disorder: How Europeans can help Palestinians fix their political system
By: Hugh Lovatt -
August 03, 2023
The battle for the Indian Ocean: How the EU and India can strengthen maritime security
By: Frédéric Grare, Manisha Reuter -
July 17, 2023
Power couple: How Europe and Algeria can move beyond energy cooperation
By: Zine Labidine Ghebouli -
July 05, 2023
Democratic defence: How Italy can lead the fight against Russian disinformation
By: Gabriele Carrer, Teresa Coratella, Silvia Samorè -
June 16, 2023
Renewable relations: A strategic approach to European energy cooperation with the Gulf states
By: Cinzia Bianco -
June 07, 2023
Keeping America close, Russia down, and China far away: How Europeans navigate a competitive world
By: Jana Puglierin, Pawel Zerka -
May 30, 2023
Brace yourself: How the 2024 US presidential election could affect Europe
By: Célia Belin, Majda Ruge, Jeremy Shapiro -
May 25, 2023
From shock and awe to stability and flaws: Iraq’s post-invasion journey
By: Hamzeh Hadad -
May 18, 2023
Feeling the chill: Navigating Arctic governance amid Russia’s war on Ukraine
By: Joanna Hosa -
May 17, 2023
The power of control: How the EU can shape the new era of strategic export restrictions
By: Tobias Gehrke, Julian Ringhof -
May 09, 2023
Culture clash: Russia, Ukraine, and the fight for the European public
By: Pawel Zerka -
May 04, 2023
Keeping the lights on: The EU’s energy relationships since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
By: Szymon Kardas -
May 04, 2023
Decarbonisation nations: How EU climate diplomacy can save the world
By: Susi Dennison, Mats Engström -
April 13, 2023
Steppe change: How Russia’s war on Ukraine is reshaping Kazakhstan
By: Marie Dumoulin -
April 04, 2023
The art of vassalisation: How Russia’s war on Ukraine has transformed transatlantic relations
By: Jeremy Shapiro, Jana Puglierin -
March 30, 2023
Autumn of the patriarch: How to help Tunisians defend their democracy
By: Tarek Megerisi -
March 16, 2023
Fragile unity: Why Europeans are coming together on Ukraine (and what might drive them apart)
By: Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard -
March 15, 2023
The politics of dialogue: How the EU can change the conversation in Kosovo and Serbia
By: Engjellushe Morina -
March 14, 2023
Opening the Global Gateway: Why the EU should invest more in the southern neighbourhood
By: Alberto Rizzi, Arturo Varvelli -
March 09, 2023
Tricks of the trade: Strengthening EU-African cooperation on trade in services
By: Iza Lejarraga -
February 22, 2023
United West, divided from the rest: Global public opinion one year into Russia’s war on Ukraine
By: Timothy Garton Ash, Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard -
January 31, 2023
From aid to inclusion: A better way to help Syrian refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan
By: Kelly Petillo -
January 09, 2023
Sunny side up: Maximising the European Green Deal’s potential for North Africa and Europe
By: Laura El-Katiri -
December 21, 2022
Broken Dream: The oligarch, Russia, and Georgia’s drift from Europe
By: Régis Genté -
December 14, 2022
The old is dying and the new cannot be born: A power audit of EU-Russia relations
By: Kadri Liik -
December 12, 2022
Fragmentation nation: How Europeans can help end the conflict in Yemen
By: Helen Lackner -
November 15, 2022
Cold winter: How the EU can help Moldova survive Russian pressure and protect its democracy
By: Andrew Wilson -
November 09, 2022
Defend. Resist. Repeat: Ukraine’s lessons for European defence
By: Hanna Shelest -
November 03, 2022
Back to barracks: Building democracy after the military coup in Sudan
By: Amgad Fareid Eltayeb -
October 31, 2022
We’ll always have Paris: How to adapt multilateral climate cooperation to new realities
By: Anthony Dworkin, Mats Engström -
October 24, 2022
Byting back: The EU’s digital alliance with Latin America and the Caribbean
By: Carla Hobbs, José I. Torreblanca -
October 11, 2022
A new climate for peace: How Europe can promote environmental cooperation between the Gulf Arab states and Iran
By: Cinzia Bianco -
October 06, 2022
Against the flow: Europe’s role in kickstarting Algeria’s green transition
By: Andrew Farrand -
September 30, 2022
In Europe’s defence: Why the EU needs a security compact with Ukraine
By: Gustav Gressel -
September 09, 2022
Survive and thrive: A European plan to support Ukraine in the long war against Russia
By: Piotr Buras, Marie Dumoulin, Gustav Gressel, Jeremy Shapiro -
July 29, 2022
The next war: How Russian hybrid aggression could threaten Moldova
By: Dumitru Minzarari -
July 27, 2022
Hedge politics: Turkey’s search for balance in the Middle East
By: Asli Aydıntaşbaş -
July 20, 2022
Clear and president danger: Democracy and the constitution in Tunisia
By: Anthony Dworkin -
July 19, 2022
Early warning: How Iraq can adapt to climate change
By: Nussaibah Younis -
June 29, 2022
Iron net: Digital repression in the Middle East and North Africa
By: James Lynch -
June 27, 2022
Green peace: How Europe’s climate policy can survive the war in Ukraine
By: Susi Dennison -
June 17, 2022
Partnership for Enlargement: A new way to integrate Ukraine and the EU’s eastern neighbourhood
By: Piotr Buras, Kai-Olaf Lana -
June 15, 2022
Peace versus Justice: The coming European split over the war in Ukraine
By: Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard -
May 17, 2022
The geopolitics of technology: How the EU can become a global player
By: Julian Ringhof, José I. Torreblanca -
May 16, 2022
A question of balance: India and Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
By: Frédéric Grare -
April 28, 2022
Principled pragmatism: Europe’s place in a multipolar Middle East
By: Julien Barnes-Dacey, Hugh Lovatt -
April 22, 2022
Shared fortunes: Why Britain, the European Union, and Africa need one another
By: Nicholas Westcott -
April 08, 2022
North African standoff: How the Western Sahara conflict is fuelling new tensions between Morocco and Algeria
By: Anthony Dworkin -
March 15, 2022
Acts of normality: The potential for Turkey-Armenia rapprochement
By: Asli Aydıntaşbaş -
March 10, 2022
Let a thousand contacts bloom: How China competes for influence in Bulgaria
By: Vladimir Shopov -
March 09, 2022
A certain idea of Europe: How the next French president can lead
By: Susi Dennison, Tara Varma -
February 25, 2022
Building security: How Europeans can help reform Libya
By: Roberta Maggi -
February 17, 2022
Health of nations: How Europe can fight future pandemics
By: Anthony Dworkin -
February 09, 2022
The crisis of European security: What Europeans think about the war in Ukraine
By: Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard -
February 01, 2022
Tough trade: The hidden costs of economic coercion
By: Jonathan Hackenbroich, Filip Medunic, Pawel Zerka -
January 19, 2022
Gateway to growth: How the European Green Deal can strengthen Africa’s and Europe’s economies
By: Michaël Tanchum -
December 17, 2021
It’s complicated: Russia’s tricky relationship with China
By: Kadri Liik -
December 15, 2021
Beyond Global Britain: A realistic foreign policy for the UK
By: Jeremy Shapiro -
November 08, 2021
The young and the restless: Europe, Russia, and the next generation of diplomats in the Eastern Partnership
By: Joanna Hosa, Tefta Kelmendi, Pavel Slunkin -
October 27, 2021
Climate of cooperation: How the EU can help deliver a green grand bargain
By: Alex Clark, Susi Dennison, Mats Engström -
October 26, 2021
Power play: Europe’s climate diplomacy in the Gulf
By: Cinzia Bianco -
October 11, 2021
Burning ambition: Egypt’s return to regional leadership and how Europe should respond
By: Hafsa Halawa -
September 22, 2021
What Europeans think about the US-China Cold War
By: Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard -
September 21, 2021
Waves of ambition: Russia’s military build-up in Crimea and the Black Sea
By: Gustav Gressel -
September 14, 2021
Beyond Merkelism: What Europeans expect of post-election Germany
By: Piotr Buras, Jana Puglierin -
September 01, 2021
Europe’s invisible divides: How covid-19 is polarising European politics
By: Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard -
August 24, 2021
Fish and ships: Chinese fishing and Europe’s Indo-Pacific strategy
By: Frédéric Grare -
July 27, 2021
People before politicians: How Europeans can help rebuild Lebanon
By: Carmen Geha -
July 16, 2021
Dark money politics: Why Europe should join Biden’s fight against corruption
By: Chris Raggett -
July 15, 2021
Geo-tech politics: Why technology shapes European power
By: Ulrike Franke, José I. Torreblanca -
July 06, 2021
Faltering fightback: Zelensky’s piecemeal campaign against Ukraine’s oligarchs
By: Andrew Wilson -
June 30, 2021
Back from the brink: A better way for Europe to support Tunisia’s democratic transition
By: Tarek Megerisi -
June 28, 2021
Ambiguous alliance: Neutrality, opt-outs, and European defence
By: Clara Sophie Cramer, Ulrike Franke -
June 25, 2021
The path to recognition: Kosovo’s and Serbia’s evolving dialogue
By: Engjellushe Morina -
June 23, 2021
Measured response: How to design a European instrument against economic coercion
By: Jonathan Hackenbroich, Pawel Zerka -
June 22, 2021
New energies: How the European Green Deal can save the EU’s relationship with Turkey
By: Asli Aydıntaşbaş , Susi Dennison -
June 09, 2021
Crisis of confidence: How Europeans see their place in the world
By: Susi Dennison, Jana Puglierin -
June 09, 2021
How to prevent Germany from becoming Eurosceptic
By: Mark Leonard, Jana Puglierin -
May 26, 2021
Free to choose: A new plan for peace in Western Sahara
By: Hugh Lovatt, Jacob Mundy -
May 20, 2021
Rome’s moment: Draghi, multilateralism, and Italy’s new strategy
By: Teresa Coratella, Arturo Varvelli -
May 04, 2021
Network effects: Europe’s digital sovereignty in the Mediterranean
By: Matteo Colombo, Federico Solfrini, Arturo Varvelli -
April 20, 2021
Europe’s green moment: How to meet the climate challenge
By: Susi Dennison, Rafael Loss, Jenny Söderström -
April 15, 2021
Home advantage: How China’s protected market threatens Europe’s economic power
By: Agatha Kratz, Janka Oertel -
April 01, 2021
Built to order: How Europe can rebuild multilateralism after covid-19
By: Anthony Dworkin -
March 25, 2021
Push back, contain, and engage: How the EU should approach relations with Russia
By: Carl Bildt, Gustav Gressel, Kadri Liik, Nicu Popescu -
March 18, 2021
Back to democracy: Europe, Hamas, and the Palestinian elections
By: Hugh Lovatt -
March 17, 2021
The evolution of US strategic priorities
By: Carl Bildt -
March 15, 2021
Useful enemies: How the Turkey-UAE rivalry is remaking the Middle East
By: Asli Aydıntaşbaş, Cinzia Bianco -
February 03, 2021
The geopolitics of the European Green Deal
By: Mark Leonard, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Jeremy Shapiro, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff -
February 02, 2021
Decade of patience: How China became a power in the Western Balkans
By: Vladimir Shopov -
January 28, 2021
Bosnia to war, to Dayton, and to its slow peace
By: Carl Bildt -
January 26, 2021
Power surge: How the European Green Deal can succeed in Morocco and Tunisia
By: Amine Bennis -
January 22, 2021
Spoiler alert: How Europe can save diplomacy in Libya
By: Tarek Megerisi -
January 20, 2021
Artificial divide: How Europe and America could clash over AI
By: Ulrike Franke -
January 19, 2021
The crisis of American power: How Europeans see Biden’s America
By: Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard -
December 17, 2020
Russia’s relative resilience: Why Putin feels vindicated by the pandemic
By: Kadri Liik -
December 15, 2020
The crisis that made the European Union: European cohesion in the age of covid
By: Claire Busse, Rafael Loss, Jana Puglierin, Pawel Zerka -
December 10, 2020
Gulf of difference: How Europe can get the Gulf monarchies to pursue peace with Iran
By: Cinzia Bianco -
December 09, 2020
The end of Oslo: A new European strategy on Israel-Palestine
By: Hugh Lovatt -
December 08, 2020
Viral vulnerability: How the pandemic is making democracy sick in the Western Balkans
By: Beáta Huszka, Tania Lessenska -
December 03, 2020
Climate superpowers: How the EU and China can compete and cooperate for a green future
By: Janka Oertel, Jennifer Tollmann, Byford Tsang -
December 01, 2020
Promoting European strategic sovereignty in Asia
By: Janka Oertel, Andrew Small -
December 01, 2020
Promoting European strategic sovereignty in the southern neighbourhood
By: Julien Barnes-Dacey, Anthony Dworkin -
December 01, 2020
Promoting European strategic sovereignty in the eastern neighbourhood
By: Gustav Gressel -
December 01, 2020
Sovereign Europe, dangerous world: Five agendas to protect Europe’s capacity to act
By: Mark Leonard, Jeremy Shapiro -
November 20, 2020
A new transatlantic bargain: An action plan for transformation, not restoration
By: Julien Barnes-Dacey, Susi Dennison, Anthony Dworkin, Ellie Geranmayeh, Mark Leonard, Theodore Murphy, Janka Oertel, Nicu Popescu, Tara Varma -
November 18, 2020
Hostage state: How to free Bosnia from Dayton’s paralysing grip
By: Majda Ruge -
November 03, 2020
The best defence: Why the EU should forge security compacts with its eastern neighbours
By: Gustav Gressel, Nicu Popescu -
October 29, 2020
Mapping African regional cooperation: How to navigate Africa’s institutional landscape
By: Amandine Gnanguênon -
October 26, 2020
Crisis presidency: How Portuguese leadership can guide the EU into the post-covid era
By: Susi Dennison, Livia Franco -
October 20, 2020
Defending Europe’s Economic Sovereignty: new ways to resist economic coercion
By: Jonathan Hackenbroich -
October 14, 2020
Talking to the Houthis: How Europeans can promote peace in Yemen
By: Raiman Al-Hamdani, Helen Lackner -
September 17, 2020
Lessons from Belarus: How the EU can support clean elections in Moldova and Georgia
By: Andrew Wilson -
September 07, 2020
The new China consensus: How Europe is growing wary of Beijing
By: Janka Oertel -
August 26, 2020
Disorder from Chaos: Why Europeans fail to promote stability in the Sahel
By: Andrew Lebovich -
August 12, 2020
The Brexit parenthesis: Three ways the pandemic is changing UK politics
By: Mark Leonard -
July 30, 2020
Europe’s digital sovereignty: From rulemaker to superpower in the age of US-China rivalry
By: Carla Hobbs -
July 08, 2020
In sickness and in health: European cooperation during the coronavirus crisis
By: Pawel Zerka -
July 03, 2020
A return to Africa: Why North African states are looking south
By: Anthony Dworkin -
June 29, 2020
Together in trauma: Europeans and the world after covid-19
By: Susi Dennison, Pawel Zerka -
June 29, 2020
Health sovereignty: How to build a resilient European response to pandemics
By: Jonathan Hackenbroich, Jeremy Shapiro, Tara Varma -
June 24, 2020
Europe’s pandemic politics: How the virus has changed the public’s worldview
By: Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard -
June 24, 2020
Reform from crisis: How Tunisia can use covid-19 as an opportunity
By: Thierry Brésillon, Hamza Meddeb -
June 23, 2020
Reviving the revolutionaries: How Trump’s maximum pressure is shifting Iran’s domestic politics
By: Ellie Geranmayeh -
June 09, 2020
Bad company: How dark money threatens Sudan’s transition
By: Jean-Baptiste Gallopin -
May 28, 2020
A new Gaza: Turkey’s border policy in northern Syria
By: Asli Aydıntaşbaş -
May 13, 2020
The meaning of systemic rivalry: Europe and China beyond the pandemic
By: Andrew Small -
April 30, 2020
The post-coronavirus world is already here
By: Josep Borrell -
April 23, 2020
A problem shared: Russia and the transformation of Europe’s eastern neighbourhood
By: Dumitru Minzarari, Vadim Pistrinciuc -
April 21, 2020
Society max: How Europe can help Syrians survive Assad and coronavirus
By: Julien Barnes-Dacey -
March 24, 2020
Digital stability: How technology can empower future generations in the Middle East
By: Manuel Langendorf -
March 03, 2020
Networks of impunity: Corruption and European foreign policy
By: Chris Raggett -
February 27, 2020
Demonstration effects: How the Hirak protest movement is reshaping Algerian politics
By: Amel Boubekeur -
February 25, 2020
A Gulf apart: How Europe can gain influence with the Gulf Cooperation Council
By: Cinzia Bianco -
January 22, 2020
War and pieces: Political divides in southern Yemen
By: Raiman Al-Hamdani, Helen Lackner -
January 07, 2020
The power of perspective: Why EU membership still matters in the Western Balkans
By: Beáta Huszka -
December 18, 2019
Not smart enough: The poverty of European military thinking on artificial intelligence
By: Ulrike Franke -
November 19, 2019
The last of the offended: Russia’s first post-Putin diplomats
By: Kadri Liik -
November 01, 2019
Sacred struggles: How Islam shapes politics in Mali
By: Andrew Lebovich -
October 25, 2019
Beyond good and evil: Why Europe should bring ISIS foreign fighters home
By: Anthony Dworkin -
October 21, 2019
China’s great game in the Middle East
By: Camille Lons, Jonathan Fulton, Degang Sun, Naser Al-Tamimi -
October 14, 2019
All at sea: Europe’s crisis of solidarity on migration
By: Shoshana Fine -
October 08, 2019
False moves: Migration and development aid
By: Susi Dennison, Shoshana Fine, Richard Gowan -
October 02, 2019
The instinctive multilateralist: Portugal and the politics of cooperation
By: Susi Dennison, Livia Franco -
September 03, 2019
Border games: Has Spain found an answer to the populist challenge on migration?
By: Shoshana Fine, José I. Torreblanca -
August 29, 2019
Guarding the guardians: Ukraine’s security and judicial reforms under Zelensky
By: Gustav Gressel -
August 07, 2019
Paradox of power: Russia, Armenia, and Europe after the Velvet Revolution Richard Giragosian
By: Richard Giragosian -
July 17, 2019
From plaything to player: How Europe can stand up for itself in the next five years
By: Carl Bildt, Eric K. Leonard -
June 26, 2019
Libya’s global civil war
By: Tarek Megerisi -
June 25, 2019
Rescuing multilateralism
By: Anthony Dworkin, Richard Gowan -
June 25, 2019
Meeting the challenge of secondary sanctions
By: Ellie Geranmayeh, Manuel Lafont Rapnouil -
June 25, 2019
Harnessing artificial intelligence
By: Ulrike Franke -
June 19, 2019
Saudi First: How hyper-nationalism is transforming Saudi Arabia
By: Eman Alhussein -
May 30, 2019
Defender of the faith? How Ukraine’s Orthodox split threatens Russia
By: Kadri Liik -
May 15, 2019
Can Assad win the peace?
By: Nour Samaha -
March 01, 2019
The displacement dilemma: Should Europe help Syrian refugees return home?
By: Jasmine El-Gamal -
March 01, 2019
From myth to reality: How to understand Turkey’s role in the Western Balkans
By: Asli Aydıntaşbaş -
March 01, 2019
Luck like the Irish: How emigration can be good for the Western Balkans
By: Alida Vračić -
January 01, 2019
Pushing the boundaries: How to create more effective migration cooperation across the Mediterranean
By: Tasnim Abderrahim -
December 01, 2018
Divided at the centre: Germany, Poland, and the troubles of the Trump era
By: Piotr Buras, Josef Janning -
November 01, 2018
Under the gun: Rearmament for arms control in Europe
By: Gustav Gressel -
September 22, 2017
Three myths about Catalonia’s independence movement
By: Francisco de Borja -
March 14, 2017
The Future Shape Of Europe: How The EU Can Bend Without Breaking
By: Dinah Pardijs, Almut Möller -
March 09, 2017
Expanded ambitions, shrinking achievements: How China sees the global order
By: François Godement -
March 01, 2017
Discipline and Punish: Party Power Under Xi
By: François Godement -
March 01, 2017
Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes - What Trump's Syria strike says about his foreign policy
By: Mark Leonard -
January 13, 2017
Peripheral Vision: How Europe can help preserve Tunisia’s fragile democracy
By: Hamza Meddeb -
January 04, 2017
After ISIS: How to Win the Peace in Iraq and Libya
By: Hayder al-Khoei, Ellie Geranmayeh, Mattia Toaldo -
December 20, 2016
Yemen’s Forgotten War: How Europe Can Lay the Foundations for Peace
By: Adam Baron -
December 19, 2016
Heavy Metal Diplomacy: Russia’s Political Use of its Military in Europe since 2014
By: Mark Galeotti -
December 14, 2016
China’s investment in influence: the future of 16+1 cooperation
By: Angela Stanzel, Agatha Kratz, Justyna Szczudlik, Dragan Pavlićević -
November 30, 2016
Big is beautiful? State-owned enterprise mergers under Xi Jinping
By: Wendy Leutert, François Godement -
November 14, 2016
Trouble on the tracks: Averting the Turkey-EU ‘train wreck’
By: Asli Aydıntaşbaş -
November 02, 2016
China and Russia: Gaming the West
By: Mathieu Duchâtel, François Godement -
October 31, 2016
EU differentiation and the push for peace in Israel-Palestine
By: Hugh Lovatt -
October 26, 2016
Terror overseas: understanding China’s evolving counter-terror strategy
By: Mathieu Duchâtel -
October 23, 2016
The good, the bad and the Gülenists
By: Asli Aydıntaşbaş -
October 21, 2016
Europe’s new counter-terror wars
By: Anthony Dworkin -
October 12, 2016
The everyday and the existential: how Clinton and Trump challenge transatlantic relations
By: Jeremy Shapiro -
October 05, 2016
Keeping up appearances: How Europe is supporting Ukraine’s transformation
By: Gustav Gressel -
September 01, 2016
Keeping Europeans together
By: Josef Janning