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2016


Come spring, who will become France’s next president? The non-conformist former minister of the economy has more than an outside chance.


German politicians undermine the European Union.


The West’s first task: reassuring Turkey of its place in the world.


The extent of political purges in Turkey after the failed coup confronts the EU with thorny questions.


Political journalism’s love affair with a newly minted word must end now.

Germany’s new security white paper is a big step for a country still largely averse to strategic thinking.


Some issues in Germany’s security white paper need clarification before the Franco-German couple works hand-in-glove on defense.


The PiS government is reconfiguring Polish foreign policy, but the looming Brexit poses new questions.


The German-Polish relationship needs a good dose of pragmatism.

Greece’s former finance minister defends his record and explains how to save Europe.


Donald Trump isn’t the only one to question the worth of the transatlantic alliance, but the critics miss what it achieves for the United States.


The German conservatives are floating new ideas to win back populist voters.


Moscow has had an expensive makeover while the regime ossifies.


As Islamist terror attacks reach Germany, Angela Merkel addresses them with her usual pragmatism.


Brexit will require Angela Merkel’s trickiest balancing act yet.


The Warsaw summit re-affirms the role of nuclear deterrence in the alliance.