European leaders breathed a sigh of relief as US president Donald Trump departed last week’s NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. Despite a few unseemly moments in which Trump reiterated his desire to seize ...

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

With American competitiveness declining, the EU has a chance to offer tech start-ups something better. To create this new ...

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 ...

Donald Trump’s appeasement of Vladimir Putin makes Neville Chamberlain look like a principled, courageous realist. At least Chamberlain was trying to prevent a major European war, whereas Trump is ...

This week, Hungary took over the reigns from Belgium to begin its six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union, despite concerns in Brussels and across EU capitals. With its unsubtle ...

Poland was once Ukraine’s most vocal supporter. Now the government is preoccupied with its own battle: as Poland attempts to secure its own sovereignty against Russia, its politicians disagree on how ...

Most of our predictions for 2024—from the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine to the Chinese economy and the United Kingdom elections—were right. We ended with an impressive 7 out of 10 score.

President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze United States Agency for International Development (USAID) activities shocked European civil society organisations which relied on its funding, and Russian ...

This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Hugh Lovatt, senior policy fellow at ECFR and expert on Israel–Palestine, to discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of Trump’s proposed Gaza peace deal. What does ...