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Nicolai von Ondarza
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is Deputy Head of the European Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Studies (SWP) in Berlin.
Wanted: A British Model

Berlin Policy Journal March/April 2020

Negotiating the future relationship with Britain is going to be difficult for the EU. Time pressure is acute, interests diverge, and the UK’s Brexiteers …

Brexit Tectonics

Berlin Policy Journal November/December 2018

The United Kingdom’s departure from the EU is the greatest political success for opponents of European integration. Paradoxically, however, Brexit is forcing EU-skeptical parties …

Brexit by Brussels

Berlin Policy Journal May/June 2018

With the May government deeply divided, it’s the remaining EU-27 who determine the make-up of the future EU-UK relationship.

Breaking Good

Berlin Policy Journal March/April 2017

Brussels shouldn’t leave Brexit to the British; it’s time for the EU to define its interests.

Strategic Patience

Berlin Policy Journal July/August 2016

Berlin and Brussels would do well to think deeply about the consequences and finer points of the EU-UK divorce.

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+++ The coronavirus crisis has brought Europe and the rest of the world to a standstill. What are the effects of the pandemic on international affairs? The future of the EU depends on how it handles the crisis, argues Daniela Schwarzer. Much is riding on the German EU presidency. David Goodhart makes the case for a retreat from hyperglobalization, and Richard Sennett foresees big changes coming to our way of life; Efi Koutsokosta profiles Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis; Noah Gordon, in his Carbon Critical column, points out that solar, like oil, has its overcapacity problems; and much more +++

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