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Buying new kit is easy. The real challenge for European militaries is to rethink how they organise themselves—and how they plan to fight

A major ECFR poll finds the European public, in a time of rupture, thinking differently and questioning old assumptions. It reveals new political space available to their leaders (for now) and challenges them to use it

Jordan Bardella is the frontrunner in the French presidential election next year. His win would transform France’s place in Europe. This scenario shows how

The alliance between Viktor Orban and Robert Fico long kept Slovak-Hungarian tensions buried. But with Peter Magyar’s rise in Hungary and economic trouble at home, Fico may turn to anti-Hungarian nationalism in his re-election campaign

As climate policy becomes increasingly contested, Europe must adapt its Green Deal to a new political era. The first policy brief in the New Politics project outlines five new deals to make the transition more durable, popular and politically resilient.

Demand for electricity and grid access is surging as AI and data centres expand. European policymakers must urgently set energy-performance standards and keep their low-carbon transition goals on track

Mark Leonard welcomes Anton Jäger to discuss why political engagement is surging across Western democracies

The Russian threat is not going away any time soon. To defend themselves without America’s help, Europeans need to pursue a new, distinctly European model of defence and deterrence

As Europe rearms, the real vulnerability is not on tanks or missiles but the software and networks behind them. The union can import weapons. It cannot afford to outsource the digital systems that make modern military power possible

Mark Leonard speaks to Liam Byrne about populism across Europe and the failure of mainstream politics to respond

The EU and member states must agree a high-level energy diplomacy framework and complete the phase-out of Russian fossil fuels.

The Russian dictator’s dreams of greatness threaten NATO and the EU, not just Ukraine. Here are eight ways in which he can be thwarted

A loyal voter base is allowing Trump to dominate the Republican Party and strengthen his control before the midterms. Now his sidelining of Congress is weakening the traditional checks on presidential power

A Northern Ireland-style approach to decommissioning could help unblock the path to peace in Gaza

The Iran war has exposed the limits of an economic corridor built for peacetime. Europeans should rethink the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor for a region where trade routes are now strategic targets

Mark Leonard, Kelsey Davenport and Ellie Geranmayeh introduce ECFR’s Iran nuclear monitor, and discuss the key risks and scenarios associated with Iran’s current nuclear capacity

Beijing no longer needs to actively deploy economic coercion to shape Europe’s economic agenda in its interest

Ahmed Sarhan (أحمد سرحان) was a senior commander in the Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC). He served on the group’s top military committee and was killed in May 2025 during an Israeli operation to capture him in Khan Younis. Sarhan join…

Iyad al-Husni (إياد الحسني) was a senior member of the al-Quds Brigades — the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike in Gaza City in May 2023. In August 2022, he replaced Khalil al-Bahtini (also assassinated by Israel) as the …

Dalal Iriqat (دالل عريقات), born in Jerusalem in 1982, is an assistant professor of diplomacy and strategic planning in the College of Graduate Studies at the Arab American University in Palestine. In May 2026, Iriqat was elected to Fatah‘s Revolutionary Council, receiving …

Hussein Hamayel (حسين حمايل) was appointed governor of Jericho and the Jordan Valley in March 2024, replaced Jihad Abu al-Asal. In May 2026, Hamayel was elected to Fatah‘s Revolutionary Council.

Eyad Safi (إياد صافي) was born in the Gaza Strip in 1980. In May 2026 he was elected to Fatah‘s Central Committee.

Musa Abu Zaid (موسى أبو زيد), born in 1962, was elected to Fatah‘s Central Committee in May 2026. He has been the head of the Palestinian Authority‘s General Personnel Council. He is also chairman of the Palestinian National School of Administration.

Adnan Ghaith (عدنان غيث) has been a member of Fatah’s Central Committee since May 2026, and the Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem Governor since August 2018. He has been a life-long Fatah activist and lives in Jerusalem’s Silwan neighbourhood. Ghaith was the Fatah movement’…

Taysir al-Bardini (تيسير البرديني), born in 1969 in Rafah city (Gaza), is a long time Fatah activist and former militant and prisoner. In May 2026 he was elected to the Fatah Central Committee. During the 1980s he joined Fatah’s shabiba student youth group. He soon took up …