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From: Welcome to the China shock: can Europe afford to stay open? This panel focuses on the strategic choices confronting Europe as it faces a new China shock. The combination of Chinese industria...

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This is a clip of a longer conversation on European defence and part of a series with four episodes, Making Defence European Again, four of our ECFR fellows discuss analysis and advice on the futur...

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The future of Europe may be shaping up to look very different—and far more unpredictable. As France stands on the brink of a potentially historic election, experts reveal the high stakes and hidden...

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This is a clip of a longer conversation on European defence and part of a series with four episodes, Making Defence European Again, four of our ECFR fellows discuss analysis and advice on the futur...

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The Annual Council Meeting 2026 took place on 17-18 June 2026 in Vienna. Thank you to the city of Vienna and to all who attended. ECFR’s Annual Council Meeting is an invitation-only gathering of ...

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Carl Bildt, co-chair, European Council on Foreign Relations ECFR’s Annual Council Meeting is an invitation-only gathering of Europe’s most influential policymakers, change-makers and thinkers, con...

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Welcome to the China shock: can Europe afford to stay open? This panel focuses on the strategic choices confronting Europe as it faces a new China shock. The combination of Chinese industrial over...

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How can Europe be more resilient in a changing global landscape with a strengthening China and uneasy ties across the Atlantic. Tobias Gehrke is a senior policy fellow at the European Council on F...

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Things can always get worse and unpredictably so. What will Europe do if there are more crises, simultaneously? How can Europeans best prepare for these scenarios? Which urgent steps should they ta...

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Things can always get worse and unpredictably so. What will Europe do if there are more crises, simultaneously? How can Europeans best prepare for these scenarios? Which urgent steps should they ta...

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Reflections on European security with Jana Kobzová, co-director, European Security programme and senior policy fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations

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Europe’s irrelevance in the Middle East in the shifting regional order shaped by the confrontation between Israel and Iran, and the fallout from the Gaza conflict. Amid ongoing escalation, Europe f...

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At the European Council on Foreign Relations annual council meeting our director of the Middle East and North Africa programme Julien Barnes-Dacey speaks with Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdullah ...

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We live in a time of rupture. The international system is not temporarily disordered; it is settling into a new condition of fragmentation and multipolarity. There is no recognised hegemon or agree...

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At ECFR's annual council meeting Mark Leonard shares the playbook for Europe's political age of global unorder.

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Beate Meinl-Reisinger welcomes guests to the European Council on Foreign Relations Annual Council Meeting. ECFR’s Annual Council Meeting is an invitation-only gathering of Europe’s most influentia...

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Lykke Friis, co-chair, European Council on Foreign Relations Weclomes guests to the 2026 Annual Council Meeting. ECFR’s Annual Council Meeting is an invitation-only gathering of Europe’s most infl...

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Kelsey Davenport discusses the challenges in US-Iran negotiations over uranium enrichment. The US maintains that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty does not grant the right to produce fissile mat...

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The Annual Council Meeting 2026 will take place on 17-18 June 2026 in Vienna and we will discuss Europe's wild cards for foreign policy. Lykke Friis, Co-Chair ECFR's Council. #ACM26 https://ecfr....

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