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The European Council on Foreign Relations is an award-winning international think-tank that aims to conduct cutting-edge independent research on European foreign and security policy and to provide a safe meeting space for decision-makers, experts, and influencers to share ideas. We build coalitions for change at the European level and promote ...
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Changing focus: How Europeans should respond to shifting Russia-Africa relations. Maddalena Procopio. Commentary. 23 October 2024. Moscow’s actions in Africa often fail to meet the continent’s development goals, presenting European leaders with an opportunity to counter Russian influence. However, they must remain vigilant about Russia’s ...
Syrian Democratic Forces (Syria) - ECFR
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is the key powerbroker in north-eastern Syria. Operating through the local Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria (AANES), the Kurdish-dominated SDF has established itself as the West’s main partner in the fight against the Islamic State group (ISIS). The SDF hopes to receive international ...
Ukraine, Russia, and the Minsk agreements: A post-mortem
Feb 19, 2024 · Negotiated under the auspices of France, Germany, and the OSCE, the Minsk agreements were signed by Ukraine, Russia, and the OSCE special representative in September 2014 and February 2015. These agreements are often – improperly – called “Minsk I” and “Minsk II”, although the second text was expressly conceived as a “package of ...
The final countdown: The EU, Poland, and the rule of law
Dec 14, 2022 · Krakow, Poland on January 18, 2022. After the European Union’s megadeal with Hungary, and Poland’s proposed legislative reforms, all eyes are once again on Warsaw and its protracted conflict with Brussels over the rule of law. Things may finally be coming to a head, as the Polish government looks for ways to secure its share of covid-19 ...
East side story: Poland’s new role in the European Union
Feb 16, 2023 · When US president Joe Biden jets into Warsaw next week, he will disembark at the new centre of the European Union. At least, that is how many observers in Poland would like to see it.. Self-esteem in Warsaw has been on the rise since Russia’s full …
Drones in Ukraine and beyond: Everything you need to know
Aug 11, 2023 · Drones have been around for a long time – a very long time, if you go back to Chinese fire kites or the Austrian attack on Venice using exploding balloons in 1849. Drones were used in Vietnam, in the Kosovo war, Afghanistan, Iraq, and, most recently, in the confrontation between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno Karabakh.
Mapping the Yemen conflict - ECFR
Oct 19, 2015 · ECFR Alumni · Visiting Fellow. Special. 19 October 2015. Mapping the Yemen conflict (2015) In March 2015, the president of Yemen, Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi, was forced to flee the country by Houthi rebels. The Zaidi Shia Houthis were supported by elements of Yemen’s military loyal to the country’s former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh.
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) - ECFR
Timeline. 1962. Creation of West African Monetary Union (Union monétaire ouest africaine – UMOA) 1994. Founding of WAEMU attached to the UMOA – the two organisations continue toco-exist. 2012. Creation of the High-level Committee on the Implementation of the “Peace and Security Workshop in the WAEMU space”. 2017.