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Staying afloat: How the EU can navigate the Black Sea to counter Russian aggression
Just 25 kilometres south of the Bulgarian city of Varna lies the Kamchia health resort. The complex, which borders a stunning Black Sea beachfront, boasts...
Value-added and value lost: The macroeconomic limits of China’s Africa strategy
Earlier this month, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told an audience of 51 African leaders that China’s ties with their continent were the “best in history”....
Summit of ambition: How European and Gulf states can build a newly strategic relationship
The first-ever summit between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council takes place on 16 October in Brussels. In recent years, GCC countries have...
Kamala Harris and the future of US foreign policy
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Breaking tradition: Why Russia’s war is making Switzerland question its neutrality
Among life’s few certainties, Swiss neutrality is up there with death and taxes. At least it was until the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection,...
Swamp Chronicles: Ken Weinstein on Trump and the Indo-Pacific
For the fifth episode of ECFR’s Swamp Chronicles, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro talk to Ken Weinstein, Japan chair and former president and CEO of...
Victory foretold: How Europeans should respond to Tunisia’s unfair presidential election
Tunisia’s presidential election on 6 October will be the first since the country’s 2011 democratic revolution that is not free and fair. Tunisia’s president, Kais...
Inventing NATO 3.0: Why Rutte should bridge the EU and the US for a stronger alliance
On 1 October 2024, Mark Rutte became the new NATO secretary. The former Dutch prime minister succeeds the former Norwegian prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, who...
Power to the people: How the EU’s energy transition can help fight the “greenlash”
Summary EU climate action faces opposition from a strengthened populist presence in the European Parliament and in some member states. But the energy transition remains...
Mending Fences: Europe’s stake in the Saudi-Iran detente
Summary Saudi-Iran rivalry has long deepened conflict lines in the Middle East. But growing mutual vulnerabilities prompted a quiet rapprochement, culminating in the 2023 Beijing...
