The Strait of Hormuz is in a state of flux. Amid attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel, the Iranian government ...

ECFR’s new public opinion polling reveals most Hungarians do not share Orban’s views on Hungary’s place in the world. If the ...

After threatening catastrophic escalation, Trump has agreed to a temporary ceasefire with Iran. Europeans need to use this ...

As Trump digs his heels into a war with Iran, he faces a growing list of domestic pressures. Europeans can press on these ...

Europeans must urgently implement a “fast energy” programme to speed up access to energy to power AI—and remain competitive ...

Hungary’s election on April 12th could unseat Viktor Orban after 16 years in power. Even if Orban does cling on, the improbable run of opposition leader Peter M ...

Europe has a China problem and pretending otherwise is making it worse. Chinese cheap exports and a monopoly on rare earths ...

“The times they are a-changin” and—six decades after Bob Dylan released his folk classic in the decade of “peace and love”—politicians are breaking long-standing taboos on European defence almost ...

This week, Mark Leonard welcomes Szymon Kardaś, senior policy fellow in ECFR’s European Power programme, to unpack how war in the Middle East is reshaping Europe’s energy landscape. While Europe is ...

It had to happen sometime. This week, Giorgia Meloni’s long run of political invincibility ended—and her friendship with Washington is partly to blame. Even within the centre-right electorate, there ...

US president Donald Trump’s almost exclusive reliance on friends and family as envoys to broker difficult foreign policy deals poses systemic risks for Europe. The Trump envoys typically plug into a ...