The ECFR Power Audits

ECFR had sought since 2017 to stimulate a debate on how Europe related to the major powers of the world and what Europeans needed to do to keep up with them. Toward this end, ECFR produced four power audits of European relations with

+ China
+ Russia
+ Turkey
+ United States.

Each power audit took a hard-nosed look at the relationship of each EU member state with the given great power and assessed the power balance between them.

The four power audits showed that Europeans, particularly when working together, retained the capacity to cooperate and compete effectively with all these powers. But they also showed that, in each case, Europe was failing to do so.