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European countries holding Russian energy assets should treat US sanctions on LUKoil and Rosneft as a legal and political opening to pursue expropriation, write @vtcherneva.bsky.social and Szymon Kardaś @ecfrpower.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGBRwf
https://bit.ly/4nGBRwf
Energy reckoning: How Europe can use US sanctions to cut Moscow’s oil ties
The EU has a strategic opening to align with US sanctions on Rosneft and LUKoil. It must compel divestment from European assets and close loopholes that enable Moscow to circumvent restrictions…
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November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
European countries holding Russian energy assets should treat US sanctions on LUKoil and Rosneft as a legal and political opening to pursue expropriation, write @vtcherneva.bsky.social and Szymon Kardaś @ecfrpower.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGBRwf
https://bit.ly/4nGBRwf
Lethargy has become Europe’s strategic flaw, writes Nicu Popescu @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4p6XIhI
https://bit.ly/4p6XIhI
From climate to defence, inertia could be the EU’s undoing
Europe’s strategic reports are filled with urgent calls for speed and agility. But amid fierce global competition, Europe is still lecturing while other major players deliver results…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Lethargy has become Europe’s strategic flaw, writes Nicu Popescu @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4p6XIhI
https://bit.ly/4p6XIhI
The EU must clarify its China policy and embed it as a clear conditionality in the accession process for Western Balkan EU membership, writes Vladimir Shopov @ecfrasia.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
Eyes wide shut: How to read China’s playbook in the Western Balkans
The global order no longer favours Western dominance, and Europe’s peripheries have become battlegrounds for competing powers. Yet, the EU’s enlargement policy has not kept pace with this new…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The EU must clarify its China policy and embed it as a clear conditionality in the accession process for Western Balkan EU membership, writes Vladimir Shopov @ecfrasia.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
Cooperation on clean energy will be an important facet of the EU’s “Pact for the Mediterranean”, a new strategic initiative to connect the bloc with its neighbours in North Africa and beyond, writes @philippwa.bsky.social @ecfrmena.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4oLCCoK
https://bit.ly/4oLCCoK
Power sharing: The politics of European-Tunisian energy cooperation
The ethos of the EU’s “Pact for the Mediterranean” could help revitalise cooperation on clean energy with Tunisia—but only if Europeans learn how to better factor in the country’s politics…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Cooperation on clean energy will be an important facet of the EU’s “Pact for the Mediterranean”, a new strategic initiative to connect the bloc with its neighbours in North Africa and beyond, writes @philippwa.bsky.social @ecfrmena.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4oLCCoK
https://bit.ly/4oLCCoK
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Moscow frames this as a defence of “civilisational sovereignty”. And here we continue my report for @ecfr.eu on how Russia presents itself as a state-civilisation leading the global anti-colonial struggle for the right to define what is really fair & just ecfr.eu/publication...
Moscow frames this as a defence of “civilisational sovereignty”. And here we continue my report for @ecfr.eu on how Russia presents itself as a state-civilisation leading the global anti-colonial struggle for the right to define what is really fair & just ecfr.eu/publication...
Late-stage Putinism: The war in Ukraine and Russia’s shifting ideology
The Kremlin is creating a new, more unified ideology, which it is disseminating among the Russian population and using to attract global south countries to a new conservative alliance.
ecfr.eu
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Moscow frames this as a defence of “civilisational sovereignty”. And here we continue my report for @ecfr.eu on how Russia presents itself as a state-civilisation leading the global anti-colonial struggle for the right to define what is really fair & just ecfr.eu/publication...
Moscow frames this as a defence of “civilisational sovereignty”. And here we continue my report for @ecfr.eu on how Russia presents itself as a state-civilisation leading the global anti-colonial struggle for the right to define what is really fair & just ecfr.eu/publication...
🎧 In recent years, military juntas have replaced democratically elected governments in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. How does Moscow’s vast propaganda machine continue to shape public opinion in the region? And what options remain for Europe?
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
Russia’s hybrid war in Africa
Mark Leonard welcomes Will Brown and Beverly Ochieng to discuss what Russia’s growing influence in the Sahel means for Europe…
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🎧 In recent years, military juntas have replaced democratically elected governments in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. How does Moscow’s vast propaganda machine continue to shape public opinion in the region? And what options remain for Europe?
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
How do people feel about Europe? Do they perceive the EU as more than just a common market? And how do they see its role in the future?
🔗 Check our latest policy brief to find out: https://bit.ly/3VxF9X7
🔗 Check our latest policy brief to find out: https://bit.ly/3VxF9X7
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
How do people feel about Europe? Do they perceive the EU as more than just a common market? And how do they see its role in the future?
🔗 Check our latest policy brief to find out: https://bit.ly/3VxF9X7
🔗 Check our latest policy brief to find out: https://bit.ly/3VxF9X7
If Europe wants to maintain credibility when invoking international law in Ukraine, Gaza, or elsewhere, it cannot ignore the atrocities happening in Sudan, write @willbrownecfr.bsky.social and @cinziabianco.bsky.social @ecfrasia.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/47DGv8r
https://bit.ly/47DGv8r
Sudan: A war Europe cannot stop, but cannot ignore
El-Fasher in North Darfur is now the epicentre of the world’s greatest humanitarian catastrophe. Europe’s options are limited, but there are still ways to hold the responsible accountable.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If Europe wants to maintain credibility when invoking international law in Ukraine, Gaza, or elsewhere, it cannot ignore the atrocities happening in Sudan, write @willbrownecfr.bsky.social and @cinziabianco.bsky.social @ecfrasia.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/47DGv8r
https://bit.ly/47DGv8r
The EU must clarify its China policy and embed it as a clear conditionality in the accession process, writes Vladimir Shopov @ecfrasia.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
Eyes wide shut: How to read China’s playbook in the Western Balkans
The global order no longer favours Western dominance, and Europe’s peripheries have become battlegrounds for competing powers. Yet, the EU’s enlargement policy has not kept pace with this new…
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The EU must clarify its China policy and embed it as a clear conditionality in the accession process, writes Vladimir Shopov @ecfrasia.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
The EU has a strategic opening to align with US sanctions on Rosneft and LUKoil. It must compel divestment from European assets and close loopholes that enable Moscow to circumvent restrictions, write @vtcherneva.bsky.social and Szymon Kardaś @ecfrpower.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGBRwf
https://bit.ly/4nGBRwf
Energy reckoning: How Europe can use US sanctions to cut Moscow’s oil ties
The EU has a strategic opening to align with US sanctions on Rosneft and LUKoil. It must compel divestment from European assets and close loopholes that enable Moscow to circumvent restrictions…
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The EU has a strategic opening to align with US sanctions on Rosneft and LUKoil. It must compel divestment from European assets and close loopholes that enable Moscow to circumvent restrictions, write @vtcherneva.bsky.social and Szymon Kardaś @ecfrpower.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGBRwf
https://bit.ly/4nGBRwf
🎧 On Friday, Mark Leonard unpacked Russia’s ambitions in Africa and the shifting geopolitical landscape across the Sahel.
🔗 For more, listen to the full episode 👇
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
🔗 For more, listen to the full episode 👇
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🎧 On Friday, Mark Leonard unpacked Russia’s ambitions in Africa and the shifting geopolitical landscape across the Sahel.
🔗 For more, listen to the full episode 👇
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
🔗 For more, listen to the full episode 👇
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
Takaichi is focused on integrating Japan’s technological base with the free world’s security architecture. This rhetoric resonates more with US Indo-Pacific discourse than with Brussels’s, writes Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp @ecfrpower.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3XcrJk1
https://bit.ly/3XcrJk1
Pacific drift: Why Europe needs a Japan strategy for the Takaichi-Trump era
Donald Trump has already met Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in Tokyo. As the two move closer on defence and economic security, the EU must reflect on the credibility of its own alliance…
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Takaichi is focused on integrating Japan’s technological base with the free world’s security architecture. This rhetoric resonates more with US Indo-Pacific discourse than with Brussels’s, writes Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp @ecfrpower.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3XcrJk1
https://bit.ly/3XcrJk1
The EU must clarify its China policy and embed it as a clear conditionality in the accession process, writes Vladimir Shopov @ecfrasia.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
Eyes wide shut: How to read China’s playbook in the Western Balkans
The global order no longer favours Western dominance, and Europe’s peripheries have become battlegrounds for competing powers. Yet, the EU’s enlargement policy has not kept pace with this new…
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The EU must clarify its China policy and embed it as a clear conditionality in the accession process, writes Vladimir Shopov @ecfrasia.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
The EU’s most pragmatic strategy is to brace for a conflict that could last an additional 2–4 years, writes @abarbashin.bsky.social @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/47qeUbV
https://bit.ly/47qeUbV
The long game: How Europe can outlast Russia’s war of attrition
While Trump lingers indecisively and Moscow bets on Europe falling apart, the only logical strategy for the EU is to double down on its support for Kyiv…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The EU’s most pragmatic strategy is to brace for a conflict that could last an additional 2–4 years, writes @abarbashin.bsky.social @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/47qeUbV
https://bit.ly/47qeUbV
🎧 In this week's podcast, Mark Leonard welcomes @willbrownecfr.bsky.social and @beverlyochieng.bsky.social to discuss what Russia’s growing influence in the Sahel means for Europe @ecfrafrica.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🎧 In this week's podcast, Mark Leonard welcomes @willbrownecfr.bsky.social and @beverlyochieng.bsky.social to discuss what Russia’s growing influence in the Sahel means for Europe @ecfrafrica.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
https://bit.ly/4qQw0Ye
The EU has a strategic opening to align with US sanctions on Rosneft and LUKoil. It must compel divestment from European assets and close loopholes that enable Moscow to circumvent restrictions, write @vtcherneva.bsky.social and Szymon Kardaś @ecfrpower.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGBRwf
https://bit.ly/4nGBRwf
Energy reckoning: How Europe can use US sanctions to cut Moscow’s oil ties
The EU has a strategic opening to align with US sanctions on Rosneft and LUKoil. It must compel divestment from European assets and close loopholes that enable Moscow to circumvent restrictions…
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The EU has a strategic opening to align with US sanctions on Rosneft and LUKoil. It must compel divestment from European assets and close loopholes that enable Moscow to circumvent restrictions, write @vtcherneva.bsky.social and Szymon Kardaś @ecfrpower.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGBRwf
https://bit.ly/4nGBRwf
Donald Trump has already met Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in Tokyo. As the two move closer on defence and economic security, the EU must reflect on the credibility of its own alliance, writes Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp @ecfrpower.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3XcrJk1
https://bit.ly/3XcrJk1
Pacific drift: Why Europe needs a Japan strategy for the Takaichi-Trump era
Donald Trump has already met Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in Tokyo. As the two move closer on defence and economic security, the EU must reflect on the credibility of its own alliance…
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Donald Trump has already met Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in Tokyo. As the two move closer on defence and economic security, the EU must reflect on the credibility of its own alliance, writes Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp @ecfrpower.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3XcrJk1
https://bit.ly/3XcrJk1
The EU’s own hesitant China policy is in part to blame. The union’s official stance of balancing cooperation and rivalry no longer reflects EU actions in practice, writes Vladimir Shopov @ecfrasia.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
Eyes wide shut: How to read China’s playbook in the Western Balkans
The global order no longer favours Western dominance, and Europe’s peripheries have become battlegrounds for competing powers. Yet, the EU’s enlargement policy has not kept pace with this new…
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The EU’s own hesitant China policy is in part to blame. The union’s official stance of balancing cooperation and rivalry no longer reflects EU actions in practice, writes Vladimir Shopov @ecfrasia.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
🎧 New week, new podcast
How does Moscow’s vast propaganda machine continue to shape public opinion in Africa? How is the Kremlin using disinformation to expand its influence? And how should Europe react? @ecfrafrica.bsky.social
ecfr.eu/podcasts/epi...
How does Moscow’s vast propaganda machine continue to shape public opinion in Africa? How is the Kremlin using disinformation to expand its influence? And how should Europe react? @ecfrafrica.bsky.social
ecfr.eu/podcasts/epi...
Russia’s hybrid war in Africa
Mark Leonard welcomes Will Brown and Beverly Ochieng to discuss what Russia’s growing influence in the Sahel means for Europe…
ecfr.eu
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🎧 New week, new podcast
How does Moscow’s vast propaganda machine continue to shape public opinion in Africa? How is the Kremlin using disinformation to expand its influence? And how should Europe react? @ecfrafrica.bsky.social
ecfr.eu/podcasts/epi...
How does Moscow’s vast propaganda machine continue to shape public opinion in Africa? How is the Kremlin using disinformation to expand its influence? And how should Europe react? @ecfrafrica.bsky.social
ecfr.eu/podcasts/epi...
Takaichi is focused on integrating Japan’s technological base with the free world’s security architecture. This rhetoric resonates more with US Indo-Pacific discourse than with Brussels’s, writes Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp @ecfrpower.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3XcrJk1
https://bit.ly/3XcrJk1
Pacific drift: Why Europe needs a Japan strategy for the Takaichi-Trump era
Donald Trump has already met Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in Tokyo. As the two move closer on defence and economic security, the EU must reflect on the credibility of its own alliance…
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Takaichi is focused on integrating Japan’s technological base with the free world’s security architecture. This rhetoric resonates more with US Indo-Pacific discourse than with Brussels’s, writes Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp @ecfrpower.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3XcrJk1
https://bit.ly/3XcrJk1
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At the 2025 Sofia Information Integrity Forum, our Policy Fellow @a_bachulska spoke about China’s discourse power and how Beijing is using information manipulation as a foreign policy tool. @ecfrasia.bsky.social @ecfr.eu
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
At the 2025 Sofia Information Integrity Forum, our Policy Fellow @a_bachulska spoke about China’s discourse power and how Beijing is using information manipulation as a foreign policy tool. @ecfrasia.bsky.social @ecfr.eu
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A power-sharing arrangement that exists between outright independence and integration into Morocco as envisaged by the autonomy plan could be negotiated, writes
@hlovatt.bsky.social for @ecfr.eu 👇 ecfr.eu/article/west...
@hlovatt.bsky.social for @ecfr.eu 👇 ecfr.eu/article/west...
Western Sahara shuffle: Trump’s foray could make or break peace | ECFR
President Donald Trump’s quest for a peace prize has led him to Western Sahara, where American diplomacy risks either sparking more violence or seizing a rare c
ecfr.eu
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A power-sharing arrangement that exists between outright independence and integration into Morocco as envisaged by the autonomy plan could be negotiated, writes
@hlovatt.bsky.social for @ecfr.eu 👇 ecfr.eu/article/west...
@hlovatt.bsky.social for @ecfr.eu 👇 ecfr.eu/article/west...
A power-sharing arrangement that exists between outright independence and integration into Morocco as envisaged by the autonomy plan could be negotiated, writes @hlovatt.bsky.social @ecfrmena.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3JGWCdb
https://bit.ly/3JGWCdb
Western Sahara shuffle: Trump’s foray could make or break peace
President Donald Trump’s quest for a peace prize has led him to Western Sahara, where American diplomacy risks either sparking more violence or seizing a rare chance to end a half-century-old war…
ecfr.eu
November 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A power-sharing arrangement that exists between outright independence and integration into Morocco as envisaged by the autonomy plan could be negotiated, writes @hlovatt.bsky.social @ecfrmena.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3JGWCdb
https://bit.ly/3JGWCdb
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As Japan's new Prime Minister intensifies alignment with Washington, @ellipohlkamp.bsky.social argues that the EU needs to shape, rather than merely react to, the Takaichi-Trump agenda. @ecfr.eu
Pacific drift: Why Europe needs a Japan strategy for the Takaichi-Trump era | ECFR
Donald Trump has already met Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in Tokyo. As the two move closer on defence and economic security, the EU must reflect
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November 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
As Japan's new Prime Minister intensifies alignment with Washington, @ellipohlkamp.bsky.social argues that the EU needs to shape, rather than merely react to, the Takaichi-Trump agenda. @ecfr.eu
The EU must clarify its China policy and embed it as a clear conditionality in the accession process, writes Vladimir Shopov @ecfrasia.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
Eyes wide shut: How to read China’s playbook in the Western Balkans
The global order no longer favours Western dominance, and Europe’s peripheries have become battlegrounds for competing powers. Yet, the EU’s enlargement policy has not kept pace with this new…
ecfr.eu
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The EU must clarify its China policy and embed it as a clear conditionality in the accession process, writes Vladimir Shopov @ecfrasia.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG
https://bit.ly/4nGowUG