China’s recent military exercises around Taiwan highlight its escalating ambitions and hybrid tactics aimed at reshaping the ...

The second meeting between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul has shown that a settlement is a distant prospect. To strengthen ...

By stationing troops in Lithuania, Germany sets a precedent that other European powers may soon be pressed to emulate.

Britain’s new Strategic Defence Review largely ignores its largest and closest partner, the EU. To ensure its NATO first ...

Once a beacon of progressive hope, Tunisia’s economy teeters on the brink and its president jails opponents and scapegoats ...

This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Piotr Buras, head of ECFR’s Warsaw office, for a 15-minute rapid-response episode dissecting the outcome of Poland’s presidential election.Yesterday, right-wing ...

The EU and South Africa should accept political differences and pursue a pragmatic partnership, mutually strengthening ...

The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have longstanding political and security interests in north and east Africa. But the late 2010s saw a “geoeconomic turn” in their foreign policy. This has led the three ...

The Africa programme analyses the geopolitics of the Africa-Europe relationship. In particular, the programme delves into relations between the African Union and the European Union to find creative ...

Drones have become a central weapon of the Russo-Ukrainian war, with the number of uncrewed systems—mostly airborne but not exclusively—reaching astonishing levels. In early 2024, Ukraine aimed to ...

Opposition is mounting in European Union capitals about the trade agreement which European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, signed on Friday with Mercosur, the South American trade bloc. In ...