European Council on Foreign RelationsOpinion

Friends without benefits: Why the EU should offer Canada more than casual defence ties

Trump is pushing Canada—a quiet military powerhouse—away from America. The EU should seize the chance and fold it into its ...
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The EU’s unfinished business in the Western Balkans

Montenegro and Albania are moving closer to EU membership. But Brussels should not forget its responsibility towards the ...
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A message from ECFR’s Rome office in memory of Emma Bonino

When ECFR was founded in 2007, Emma Bonino was right there supporting us, convinced Europe needed pushing to become stronger ...
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Remembering Emma Bonino

ECFR founding member and co-chair emerita Emma Bonino has died at the age of 78. A towering figure in European foreign policy, she was an inspiration to million ...
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The Net-Zero Framework at sea: How Europe and Africa can steer maritime decarbonisation

At a moment when rising oil prices and continued supply disruptions are raising the stakes of reliance on fossil fuels, decarbonising the global shipping industry is about more than curbing ...
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A future with Chinese characteristics

For much of the 20th century, the US represented not just a place on the map. It was also a point in time. When Western Europeans looked at images of America after the second world war—depictions of ...