overview
Welcome Back
As Europe turns its eyes to a revitalized Argentina, both Brussels and Buenos Aires need to foster long-term engagement.
Still in Control
Why the regional elections of March 13 signal a shift in Germany’s political landscape.
No Trump Card
In the US presidential primaries, foreign policy issues have yet to play much of a role – but this may soon change.
Goodbye? Hello!
If David Cameron manages to avoid a Brexit, the United Kingdom could play a constructive role in Europe again.
“France Has Become Too Small”
The EU’s biggest problem is the disappearance of an equal partner for Germany.
In Search of Lost Time
Moscow’s warnings of a “new Cold War” are out of sync with today’s realities.
Words Don’t Come Easy: “I epanastasi tou autonoitou”
Greece’s “self-evident revolution” (Η επανάσταση του αυτονόητου) stumbles over its children’s basic understanding of what’s right and what’s wrong.
Pushing for Reform
The United Nations is set up in a way that is outdated, a fact apparent in the composition of the Security Council. Can the system be reorganized?
In 140 Characters: Radek Sikorski
Poland’s former foreign minister argues that Berlin needs to lead through EU institutions, not solo, and won’t spill the beans about Oxford’s Bullingdon Club.
For Israelis, “Europe Is Over”
On the streets of Tel Aviv and elsewhere there’s worry about the influx of Arab refugees to Germany.
Security Policy as Symbolism
German military and security policy still suffers from serious constraints.
+++ Almut Möller on a disunited Europe ("The Disheartened Continent"); Andreas Rinke on Angela Merkel's efforts to keep the EU together ("The Last European"); Mark Leonard on the Brexit debate ("Goodbye? Hello!"); Ulrich Speck on a truly European Foreign Policy ("Player or Pawn?"), and much more +++
BERLIN POLICY JOURNAL is a new, bimonthly digital magazine on international affairs, edited in Germany’s capital and published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). It is available exclusively via our app – on Google Play and the Apple App Store to be read on tablets and smart phones as a single issue for €5.99. Our pilot and May/June 2015 issues are still available for free. Check out this website for previews and current blog posts.