Mark Leonard welcomes Nathalie Delapalme, Carlos Lopes and Alex Vines to discover the pathways and bottlenecks facing the Europe-Africa relationship ...

President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace (BoP) is not much of a peace mechanism. Look no further than its logo—a US-first western hemisphere flanked by rip-off UN olive branches burnished in Trumpian ...

Since their inception, Iranian-Palestinian relations have functioned as a marriage of convenience based on Iran’s pursuit of security and the Palestinian need for state sponsorship. Today, Iran ...

When America’s then-president Donald Trump visited Poland in 2017, he enjoyed a warm reception. Warsaw’s residents remained true to their country’s historical allyship with the United States, lining ...

Russia’s violation of Polish, NATO and EU airspace in the early hours of September 10th—described as “not an accident” and “unprecedented” by Polish and European officials—signals a dangerous new ...

AI-powered command systems are becoming the backbone of modern warfare. NATO needs shared standards, but if those rest on ...

The Red Sea is becoming more dangerous, and not only because of the Houthis. Conflicts in the Horn of Africa are converging ...

As the Houthis attack Saudi ships and infrastructure, Riyadh faces an increasingly difficult choice: absorb the blows to stay ...

Whether you’re heading off on holiday or staying home this summer, ECFR’s entertainment recommendations—spanning books, ...

Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez has told US president Donald Trump something he is not used to hearing: no. By refusing America use of Spanish bases for its military operation in Iran, Sánchez ...

When the G20 met on African soil for the first time in November 2025, it signalled that the continent is becoming more important to the world as an economic partner. China and the United Arab Emirates ...

UN Security Council Resolution 2803 was a major diplomatic achievement for Donald Trump. Or, as he put it, it was “a moment of true Historic proportion!” The resolution created the legal framework to ...