European Council on Foreign Relations

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name = European Council on Foreign Relations

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formation = 2007-10-02
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type = Think tank
headquarters = Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Sofia and Warsaw
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website = [http://www.ecfr.eu/ www.ecfr.eu]

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The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) is a European think tank which was launched by fifty prominent Europeans in October 2007 and is financed by billionaire and philanthropist George Soros, along with Sigrid Rausing, the Spanish foundation FRIDE, the Italian UniCredit Group, and the Bulgarian Communitas Foundation. Its goal is to provide strategic analysis on the European Union's foreign policy performance, and to promote a more coherent and vigorous European foreign and security policy.

ECFR's founding members include former European prime ministers, parliamentarians, and public intellectuals, committed to increasing the EU's role on the world stage. The initiative is headed by Mark Leonard, and has offices in five European capitals - Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, and Sofia. In April 2008, 33 further prominent Europeans joined the Council. ECFR is not linked to the US-based Council on Foreign Relations. [ [http://www.ecfr.eu/content/entry/about/ European Council on Foreign Relations "About"] .]

The think-tank's reports include "Afghanistan: Europe's forgotten war" (January, 2008) and "A Global Force for Human Rights? An Audit of European Power at the UN" (September, 2008).Cite news | title = Europe's UN problem [http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2008/09/europe-s-un-problem/62291.aspx] | work = European Voice | date = 2008-09-17 | author = Gowan, Richard |accessdate = 2008-09-23 ]

Members

The fifty founding members (aside from Leonard) are: [ [http://www.ecfr.eu/content/entry/12 European Council on Foreign Relations "Council"] .]

ee also

* Common Foreign and Security Policy
* Centre for European Reform
* Foreign Policy Centre
* European Century

External links

* [http://www.ecfr.eu/ European Council on Foreign Relations] (Official website)
* Spongenberg, Helena (2007-10-03) [http://euobserver.com/9/24891 New EU foreign policy think tank created] , EU Observer
* [http://ecfr.3cdn.net/1ef82b3f011e075853_0fm6bphgw.pdf A Power Audit of EU-Russia relations, ECFR Report, by Mark Leonard and Nicu Popescu]
* [http://ecfr.3cdn.net/c43ad7d70cf03ddadb_cem6bqqcx.pdf Afghanistan: Europe's Forgotten War, ECFR Report by Daniel Korski]
* [http://ecfr.3cdn.net/86379961b6ec765eba_40m6iiul7.pdf Meeting Medvedev: The Politics of the Putin Succession, ECFR Policy Brief - by Andrew Wilson]

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