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Europe’s new China playbook

2

Europe’s next budget fight

3

Sánchez’s biggest gamble yet

4

The ideas of Israel

5

Turkey’s place in Europe

6

Ukraine’s winter of pressure

7

The geopolitics of global hunger

8

Emergency Room: The AfD’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt

9

Maximum pressure on Iran, round two

10

Can a Ceasefire Survive Israel’s Election?

11

Germany’s second China shock

12

Political crisis in Germany

13

Latin America’s new imaginaries

14

Defining Modernity in South-East Asia

15

The China-native generation

16

European defence after the NATO summit

17

Marine Le Pen’s comeback

18

The China challenge

19

British politics ten years after Brexit

20

Peace in the Middle East

21

How progress ends

22

The age of hyperpolitics

23

The rise of populism

24

Iran nuclear monitor: Month by month

25

The future of liberalism

26

Rethinking democracy

27

The age of unorder

28

Surviving chaos

29

Hungary after Orbán

30

Ceasefire in Iran

31

What the Iran war means for Europe’s energy

32

What the Iran war means for Ukraine

33

Europe, Trump and the war in Iran

34

War in the Middle East

35

India in a world of chaos

36

Trump strikes Iran

37

How to defend Ukraine after a ceasefire

38

Bretton Woods institutions in a new world order

39

Live from MSC 2026: Transatlantic turning point

40

Munich Security Conference Special with Elbridge Colby

41

Lessons from the Greenland crisis

42

Indignity with Lea Ypi

43

Europe-Africa relations in 2026

44

The EU-India mega-deal

45

Live from Davos with Alexander Stubb

46

Will Trump bomb Iran?

47

The world in 2026

48

Trump attacks Venezuela

49

Predictions and Reckonings: From 2025 to 2026

50

Made in China: How Europe can tackle economic coercion

51

After Doha: What’s next for the Arab world?

52

Trump’s new National Security Strategy

53

China's technological dominance

54

ECFR at 18: Has European foreign policy come of age?

55

Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine

56

The future of European air defence

57

The politics of migration and integration

58

Russia’s hybrid war in Africa

59

Venezuela and Trump’s hemispheric defence agenda

60

Ukraine, Russia and Trump’s sanctions gamble

61

Gaza ceasefire

62

The Neighbourhood: Europe’s enlargement moment

63

France in turmoil

64

Trump's Gaza plan

65

The rise of a worker friendly Republican Party

66

Hedging diplomacy: New Delhi’s foreign policy in Trump’s world

67

Drones over Denmark: Russia tests NATO’s defences

68

The dog days of summer: Ukraine battles and diplomacy

69

The New Politics: Report from Washington

70

The New Politics with Balázs Orbán

71

The New Politics with Hélène De Lauzun

72

The New Politics with Gladden Pappin

73

The new politics with Rod Dreher

74

The new politics with Yoram Hazony

75

The new politics with Ivan Krastev

76

Democratic decay in Bulgaria

77

Live from the Aspen Security Forum: America’s inward turn

78

Crisis and control in Gaza and the West Bank

79

Tariff tensions: Avoiding an EU-US trade war

80

Beyond the battlefield: Europe’s long-term strategy for Ukraine

81

Hidden empire: How America wields economic power

82

Live from Warsaw: Polling European politics under Trump’s shadow

83

NATO summit 2025: How Europe can secure its future

84

What to expect from the conflict between Israel and Iran

85

Israel attacks Iran: Europe’s role in stopping a dangerous regional war

86

Doves and Hawks: Foreign policy in the second Trump age

87

Uncrowded house: European power during demographic change

88

NATO and Europe first: Britain’s new Strategic Defence Review

89

Nawrocki’s win: What Poland’s populist president means for Europe

90

Mobilising Europe: The case for a European Preparedness Act

91

Crisis and collapse: Europe’s intervention in Gaza

92

Security ties and political trade-offs: Inside the EU-UK deal

93

Liberal tides, populist currents: Elections in Poland and Romania

94

Reset or compromise? Taking stock of the EU-UK summit

95

Trump’s new Europe: From ally to adversary

96

Truce or trap: Decoding the US-China trade pause

97

Border geopolitics: India and Pakistan revisited

98

A new chapter in German politics

99

100 days of Trump

100

What’s next for Berlin?