Press
Trump’s push to Make America Great Again is falling apart
25 February 2026
The Telegraph
“The Supreme Court ruling means allies will now refuse to ratify his one-sided trade deals or will slow-walk the implementation,” says John Springford, of the Centre for European Reform.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Four years of war in Ukraine
24 February 2026
Ian Bond spoke with Andy Hunder and Victoria Vdovychenko about the economic, military and societal situation in Ukraine, four years since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
The EU should allow industry losers to die, not pick winners
24 February 2026
Bloomberg
Inviting like-minded allies into the supply-chain tent is one way that Europe can play industrial-policy Tinder, as economist Sander Tordoir recently put it, rather than stay celibate.
Wie Deutschland die Liebe zu China verlor
24 February 2026
The European
Merz hat seine eigene Position nicht klar formuliert. Daher, so Sander Tordoir vom Centre for European Reform, einem Thinktank, „ist Deutschlands Chinapolitik weder Fisch noch Fleisch“.
Four years in, Ukraine's war grinds on with no end in sight
24 February 2026
Courthouse News Service
Ukraine has suffered an estimated 500,000 to 600,000 troops killed, wounded or missing, according to the Centre for European Reform — a pace Ukraine, with a fraction of Russia’s population, cannot keep up indefinitely.
There’s only one way Putin will leave Ukraine
22 February 2026
The Sunday Times
As our former ambassador to Latvia, Ian Bond, observed to me: “Too many of its people have for so long been told that they are a nation surrounded by enemies who are constantly plotting against them.”
Europa pugna por dar un giro pragmático a su relación con China
22 February 2026
El Pais
Charles Grant, del Centre for European Reform, apunta que China “ve con desdén a los europeos, como una potencia en declive”.
Wie stark soll Europa sich abschotten?
22 February 2026
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Es sei „ein verbreitetes Missverständnis“, sagt Sander Tordoir, Ökonom am Thinktank Center for European Reform, „dass es darum geht, Europa abzuschotten. Das stimmt – und es stimmt zugleich nicht.“ Im Kern rede man über gezielt gesetzte Nachfrageanreize bei der öffentlichen Beschaffung auf der einen Seite und Subventionen, die private Märkte steuern, auf der anderen. „Ein Ziel ist, chinesische Exporte nicht noch weiter mit europäischem Steuergeld zu subventionieren“, sagt er.
How Germany fell out of love with China
19 February 2026
The Economist
Mr Merz has not made his own stance clear. As a result, says Sander Tordoir of the Centre for European Reform, a think-tank, “Germany’s China policy is neither here nor there.”
The World: The future of Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule in Hungary is uncertain
18 February 2026
“Magyar has cut through where so many opposition leaders failed because he knows how to play Orban at his own game” Zselyke Csaky told The World.
De vier landen van Centraal-Europa waren hecht, maar Boedapest en Warschau staan nu tegenover elkaar
15 February 2026
NRC Handelsblad
In politieke zin is de Visegrádgroep zo goed als dood, zegt Zselyke Csaky, analist bij denktank Centre for European Reform (CER). „De animositeit tussen de huidige Poolse en Hongaarse regeringen zit diep en omdat Babis veel pragmatischer is dan Fico, komt er ook geen opleving van een ‘kleine’ Visegrád.”
Europa moet met industriebeleid ‘Tinder spelen’, niet celibatair worden, zegt econoom
14 February 2026
de Volkskrant
Anders dan wat de Europese leiders suggereerden, zijn er geen doorbraken bereikt op de concurrentietop van vorige week donderdag, zegt econoom Sander Tordoir. ‘Het probleem is dat de crisis niet acuut is.’
Taking the Pulse: Can the EU attract foreign investment and reduce dependencies?
13 February 2026
Carnegie Europe
The contradiction between the buy European push and the deregulation drive is misguided.
Wat gebeurt er na de val van de dollar?
13 February 2026
NRC Handelsblad
De zekerheid van de dollar als wereldanker neemt af. Dat schept een kans voor Europa, stelt Sander Tordoir, als het tenminste durft te kiezen.
Meloni and Merz: EU's new power couple
11 February 2026
AFP
"The gaps between Paris and Berlin mean Berlin is having to look to other partners," Thomas Maddock, a fellow at the Centre for European Reform in London, told AFP.
Europe is chasing the wrong fix for its growth crisis
11 February 2026
Politico
Europe’s economy needs more growth — and fast. Without it, the continent risks eroding its economic foundations, destabilizing its political systems and being left without the strength to resist foreign coercion.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Will 2026 be the year to reset the reset?
11 February 2026
Ian Bond discussed the reset in EU-UK relationship with Anton Spisak and Jannike Wachowiak.
Trump is right about Europe’s weakness — and wrong about the cure
10 February 2026
Encompass
I disagree with nearly everything Trump has said about Europe, yet one sentiment in his world-order-shifting rhetoric holds some truth. At the WEF in Davos, Trump said, “we want Europe to be strong...”
The Twenty-Four Two Podcast: “Trump hasn't been the boon to Orbán that many expected”
08 February 2026
This week's guest is Zselyke Csaky from the Centre for European Reform in Brussels - author of a recent report on the election. We discuss how Magyar’s foreign policy would differ from Orbán’s, whether Magyar could form an eastern counterweight to the EU’s Franco-German axis, his chances of getting his hands on €18 billion of suspended EU funds for Hungary, and Donald Trump’s failure to provide meaningful support to Orbán.
Trump dwingt Britten en Europeanen samen, maar echte toenadering blijft lastig
08 February 2026
Het Financieele Dagblad
‘Hoewel er enige vooruitgang is geboekt, is het momentum verloren gegaan’, oordeelde Ian Bond van het Centre for European Reform over de reset.