Progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been insufficient, not least because of shocks such as the COVID 19 pandemic and recent wars. The cost of this lack of progress is borne by 'least developed countries' – low-income countries with low indicators of socio-economic de...

2023 was mainly dominated by the two wars raging in the EU's neighbourhood. Ukraine managed to liberate half of the territory occupied by Russia in 2022 and unblock the Black Sea. However, Russia continued to attack and destroy the country. Ukraine must prevail because the core principles of the...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the military build-up before the invasion began on 24 February, dominated every one of the nine meetings of the European Council in 2022. It affected most issues with which the European Council dealt during the year, ranging from energy policy to the broad...

To evaluate the European Union’s (EU) policy framework towards China, this study analyses the varied facets of bilateral relations and the EU’s approach towards China, including its policy of de-risking, together with issues relating to China’s domestic politics and foreign policy. It highlights...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were established by the 2030 Agenda and adopted in 2015 at a special United Nations (UN) Summit. Building on learning from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the SDGs represent one of the world’s only actionable frameworks shared by all UN Member St...

This Special Eurobarometer was conducted between 25 September and 19 October 2023. It covers the following topics: - Awareness and general perceptions of EU funding for humanitarian aid activities; - Feelings towards the EU as a main humanitarian aid donor; - Preferred approach to providing huma...

This report details the results of the Special Eurobarometer survey on humanitarian aid in the EU Member States, in order to understand EU citizens’ awareness of, attitudes towards and support for EU activities in this area. This survey builds on previous Special Eurobarometer surveys conducted ...