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About ECFR. The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) is an award-winning international think-tank that aims to conduct cutting-edge independent research on European foreign and security policy and to provide a safe meeting space for decision-makers, activists and influencers to share ideas. We build coalitions for change at the European ...
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Changing focus: How Europeans should respond to shifting Russia-Africa relations. Maddalena Procopio. Commentary. 23 October 2024. Moscow’s actions in Africa often fail to meet the continent’s development goals, presenting European leaders with an opportunity to counter Russian influence. However, they must remain vigilant about Russia’s ...
Explore today’s challenges in European foreign policy | ECFR
Severe weaknesses in the Egyptian and Tunisian economies provoke recurrent crises. There is a better way for Europeans to support Cairo and Tunis. ECFR policy briefs share new foreign policy ideas to strengthen Europe’s place in the world, covering …
European Sovereignty Index - ECFR
Jun 8, 2022 · The index is designed to help the union identify its main strengths and weaknesses. The EU’s scores are mixed: European sovereignty is ‘good’ in health and economy – but only ‘satisfactory’ in defence, climate, and migration, and ‘poor’ in technology. In no area is European sovereignty either ‘excellent’ or ‘failing’.
EU Cohesion Monitor - ECFR
Dec 10, 2020 · The EU Cohesion Monitor is an index of the 27 member states of the European Union and the United Kingdom and their readiness for joint action and cooperation. It measures how strong European cohesion is, how it is changing, and how much it differs between the 28 countries. The EU Cohesion Monitor’s central assumption is that European cohesion ...
ECFR Reports | ECFR
Jun 16, 2023 · Israel’s bus segregation row and Netanyahu’s new political challenges. Podcast. ECFR on air. ECFR Reports. 21 May 2015. With only a few months following his election victory, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is faced with his first crisis over a discriminatory pilot…. Listen. 1. 2.
The ECFR Council
The ECFR Council is the strongest and most visible expression of ECFR’s pan-European identity. It has grown from 50 founding members in 2007 to over 330 members from across Europe. Currently chaired by Carl Bildt, Lykke Friis and Norbert Röttgen, our unique strategic community brings together renowned European decision-makers, experts ...
EU Energy Deals Tracker - ECFR
Nov 23, 2022 · The EU Energy Deals Tracker shows that the EU is now largely focused on securing new gas supplies. Around 45 per cent of the deals that the bloc and its member states have struck since 2022 concern gas or liquefied natural gas. But ECFR’s dataset indicates that the EU is a long way away from achieving the economies of scale it currently ...
ECFR Annual Foreign Policy Trends
Jan 15, 2021 · The European Council on Foreign Relations does not take collective positions. ECFR publications only represent the views of their individual authors. Every January, Mark Leonard and Jeremy Shapiro predict the trends and events that will shape the world in the year to come. They also review and self-evaluate….
Deep dives into the big issues in European foreign policy | ECFR
Special. 5 May 2022. In the wake of pandemic and war, the Sentiment Compass assesses the changing expectations of the EU across its member states. It finds that EU should harness the power of culture and the free media to nurture a stronger European sentiment – helping it to address the major challenges facing the continent.