European Council on Foreign Relations

📍At this year's Annual Council Meeting in Warsaw, we brought together top policymakers, experts, and thought leaders to discuss the most pressing global challenges. Together, we explored Europe’s political choices in an age of ambition. #ACM25 Watch the recap video and visit our YouTube site for more insights! https://lnkd.in/db3uSCAh

The Trump administration has made clear its distain for the multilateral system. As it reviews US participation, Europeans are faced with a tricky balance of selectively embracing these reforms while filling the America-sized hole, write Celia Belin and Anthony Dworkin. https://lnkd.in/ej3pJMcx

🎧New week, new podcast! The re-election of President Donald Trump and the recent successes of right-wing parties across the world are posing a challenge to the established political order. With overwhelming evidence that we are living through a political Zeitenwende, this summer ECFR is taking a deep dive into the “post-liberal revolution”—starting with a new podcast series on the so-called “New Right”. In the first episode, Mark Leonard is joined by Ivan Krastev, founding board member of ECFR, chair of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia and permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences at IWM Vienna. They discuss the emergence of the New Right and its implications for liberalism and European politics. https://lnkd.in/dBQuGUf2

Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump have announced a 15% tariff on most EU goods exported to the US. The compromise has avoided a trade war for now—but Europeans need to safeguard the deal’s positive aspects in future trade negotiation, writes Alberto Rizzi. https://lnkd.in/djmck5hy

Bulgaria celebrated its entry into the euro zone this month, but inside the country, opposition figures are being arrested and its judiciary is crumbling. This democratic backsliding risks undermining the EU from within, writes Maria Simeonova. https://lnkd.in/d3CkMJ34

🎧New week, new podcast! Bulgaria is set to join the euro zone in 2026—but the country faces severe internal challenges. In a sign of mounting political instability, Bulgarians have gone to the polls seven times in five years. Powerful oligarchs wield increasing influence over state institutions, and are particularly using the judiciary to silence and target opposition figures. This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Vessela Tcherneva, deputy director of ECFR, and Maria Simeonova, head of ECFR’s Sofia office, to discuss the deteriorating political situation in Bulgaria. https://lnkd.in/dTf_iXU7

Whether you’re heading off on holiday or staying home this summer, ECFR’s entertainment recommendations—spanning films, books, podcasts and tv series—will help you reconnect with your internal and external wellbeing. Check out our colleagues' favourite books, podcasts, television series and films. https://lnkd.in/dqBuj_Nu

📢Internship opportunity! We are looking for an Event, Communications & Research Intern to join us in the Paris Office! The purpose of the internship is to provide support for event organization, administration, and social media communication of the Paris office and assist in a research project on the challenges of decarbonization, climate action and competitiveness in France and Europe. Apply now and join us! Application Deadline: 24th July 2025 https://ecfr.eu/jobs/

The deadline is looming for Britain, France and Germany to decide whether to reimpose sanctions on Iran. They are right to consider an extension to this “snapback” mechanism—and China could play a crucial role in what comes next, writes Ellie Geranmayeh. https://lnkd.in/dUyWiYTN

British prime minister Keir Starmer’s successful ‘reset’ with Europe highlights an underlying incoherence. The only rational long-term strategy is to rejoin the EU, but British politics is far removed from that, writes Timothy Garton Ash. #Viewsfromthecouncil https://lnkd.in/dkZTidDD