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📢 New report! “The new right: Anatomy of a global political revolution”, authored by @markhleonard, ECFR’s co-founder and Director, unpacks the new right’s policy agenda and its communication and mobilisation strategy. 📌Read the full text: bit.ly/4a8rWLe

In early March, Macron delivered perhaps the most significant speech on nuclear policy by any Western leader since the end of the cold war. Macron’s doctrine of nuclear use is persuasive, and France’s capacity to execute it carries conviction. But how to ensure adequate confidence in the French commitment to actually fire that warning shot when the crisis comes? writes Nick Witney. Read our latest commentary: bit.ly/4sRNh3f

In early March, Macron delivered perhaps the most significant speech on nuclear policy by any Western leader since the end of the cold war. Macron’s doctrine of nuclear use is persuasive, and France’s capacity to execute it carries conviction. But how to ensure adequate confidence in the French commitment to actually fire that warning shot when the crisis comes? writes Nick Witney. Read our latest commentary: bit.ly/4sRNh3f

James Talarico's foreign policy, rooted in a moral framework that the biggest divide in America is not left versus right but top versus bottom, could have wide appeal for Democrats, write @cw_herrmann and @JyShapiro. Read our latest commentary: bit.ly/4uy22tz

It's a wrap! ECFR colleagues came together in Sofia, Bulgaria for an energizing annual staff retreat - sparking fresh ideas, mapping out the future, and building stronger connections as a team. A huge thank you to everyone who made this such a great experience!

🎧New week, new podcast! @markhleonard welcomes @PiotrBuras1, @Carla_Hobbs, @CamilleLons, @jana_puglierin and @arturo_varvelli and to discuss how Europe is responding to the war in Iran. ecfr.eu/podcasts/episo…

📢 In this event we will discuss Russian hybrid warfare in Africa, implications for Europe and consequences for African peace and security. 🗓️ 27 March, 11:30 CET 🗣️ Will Brown (@ecfr), Djenabou Cisse (CAPS), Beverly Ochieng (Control Risks) 📍 Zoom buff.ly/xwh6gAr

James Talarico's foreign policy, rooted in a moral framework that the biggest divide in America is not left versus right but top versus bottom, could have wide appeal for Democrats, write @cw_herrmann and @JyShapiro. Read our latest commentary: bit.ly/4uy22tz

In early March, Macron delivered perhaps the most significant speech on nuclear policy by any Western leader since the end of the cold war. Macron’s doctrine of nuclear use is persuasive, and France’s capacity to execute it carries conviction. But how to ensure adequate confidence in the French commitment to actually fire that warning shot when the crisis comes? writes Nick Witney. Read our latest commentary: bit.ly/4sRNh3f

🗓️ March 23, 17:00-18:30 CET 📍Berlin Chaired by @PiotrBuras1, @MariamLau1, @markhleonard & Philip Manow will take a deep dive into the thinking and strategies of Europe’s new right, as mapped in Mark Leonard’s recent ECFR policy brief, The new right: Anatomy of a global political revolution. Register and join us: bit.ly/4ur8rXN

Europe’s defensive measures to shield its democracies from hybrid attacks are no longer enough. If Europeans want to protect their peace and prosperity, the time has come for them to fight back. Read our new policy brief by @_Will_Brown, @j_kobzova, @nicupopescu and @jitorreblanca. bit.ly/4bebWIe

Trump’s family and friends are trying—but failing—to broker peace in Gaza, Ukraine and beyond. The network they are building blends diplomacy with profit. Europe needs to find a way to shape the terms, write @jbdacey, @j_kobzova and Jim O’Brien. Read the full commentary: bit.ly/40rJAFu

Trump is not winning on trade: for @ForeignPolicy, @AgatheDemarais digs into 2025 data and find that by his own yardstick—making foreigners pay for doing business with America, fuelling a manufacturing boom, narrowing the trade deficit and punishing China—tariffs have failed. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/19/t...

🗓️ March 23, 17:00-18:30 CET 📍Berlin Chaired by @PiotrBuras1, @MariamLau1, @markhleonard & Philip Manow will take a deep dive into the thinking and strategies of Europe’s new right, as mapped in Mark Leonard’s recent ECFR policy brief, The new right: Anatomy of a global political revolution. Register and join us: bit.ly/4ur8rXN

James Talarico's foreign policy, rooted in a moral framework that the biggest divide in America is not left versus right but top versus bottom, could have wide appeal for Democrats, write @cw_herrmann and @JyShapiro. Read our latest commentary: bit.ly/4uy22tz

🗓️ March 23, 17:00-18:30 CET 📍Berlin Chaired by @PiotrBuras1, @MariamLau1, @markhleonard & Philip Manow will take a deep dive into the thinking and strategies of Europe’s new right, as mapped in Mark Leonard’s recent ECFR policy brief, The new right: Anatomy of a global political revolution. Register and join us: bit.ly/4ur8rXN

Trump’s family and friends are trying—but failing—to broker peace in Gaza, Ukraine and beyond. The network they are building blends diplomacy with profit. Europe needs to find a way to shape the terms, write @jbdacey, @j_kobzova and Jim O’Brien. Read the full commentary: bit.ly/40rJAFu

Next Monday 23rd March @PiotrBuras1, @MariamLau1, @markhleonard and Philip Manow will gather in Berlin for a landmark @ecfr event on Europe's populist right. How does it think? What are its strategies? How should the mainstream contend with it? Registration here ⬇️

In early March, Macron delivered perhaps the most significant speech on nuclear policy by any Western leader since the end of the cold war. Macron’s doctrine of nuclear use is persuasive, and France’s capacity to execute it carries conviction. But how to ensure adequate confidence in the French commitment to actually fire that warning shot when the crisis comes? writes Nick Witney. Read our latest commentary: bit.ly/4sRNh3f

@markhleonard discusses the situation in which governments find themselves amid the oil shock in the Middle East in BBC's The World This Weekend: The politics of an oil price shock podcast episode. Listen here: bbc.in/4uvaV7f

🎧 @markhleonard welcomes Aziz Alghashian, Eran Etzion and Ellie Geranmayeh to discuss the implications of a prolonged war in the Middle East and possible ceasefire scenarios. Listen to the latest episode: bit.ly/472XilT