Jeremy Cliffe

Summary Europe's “challengers”, or populist parties, are increasingly influencing the continent's foreign policy.

For Jeremy Cliffe, editor at the ECFR think tank, the administration’s National Security Strategy confirms that both Europe and Washington misunderstand their relationship. In his analysis, he argues that a "return to hard facts" is the only possible response for a Europe looking out for its own well-being.

2026 could be "the dividing line between the Europe of the early 21st century and that of the mid-century," analyses Jeremy Cliffe.

Donald Trump’s return to office ought to be a deafening wake-up call for EU leaders. But will it?

Jeremy Cliffe, columnist at 'Agenda Pública' and editorial director at the European Council on Foreign Relations, reports from the 2026 Munich Security Conference on a "good" transatlantic divorce: for the first time, the US and Europe state their differences frankly. Rubio frames his speech around cultural heritage; Macron, Merz, von der Leyen and Sánchez around defence and values. Cliffe highlights Europe’s push for eurobonds, coalitions of the willing and industrial preference to strengthen sovereignty and inject momentum into economic integration.

The fracture in the relationship between the U.S. and Europe is having effects that go beyond the West. In this conversation between ECFR editorial director Jeremy Cliffe and German-Brazilian political scientist Oliver Stuenkel, they discuss the meaning of this space because "it is a concept that is not clearly defined even in Europe". They offer a review of geopolitical balances, Europe’s relationship with the Global South, and the future of European institutions in light of the positions adopted at the Munich Security Conference.

Polityka Insight and ECFR Warsaw invite you to join us for the livestream of this year’s Warsaw European Conversation. When Europe was planning its 2021–2027 bu

Brussels should set clear conditions for Hungary's European comeback—and use its moment of leverage to incentivise a geopolitical shift

Electoral logic is driving a shift as polls lay bare European disgust at the US administration