“Donald Trump is a Wake-Up Call”
Günter Verheugen and Elmar Brok on the state of the European Union and the challenges presented by the Trump presidency.
January Surprise
SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel throws in the towel, leaving the campaign against Angela Merkel to former EU Parliament president Martin Schulz.
History and Shame
Germany’s anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland is moving into neo-Nazi territory.
Money Talks
China is strategically buying up influence and innovation. This will have major consequences for the West.
The Eternal Putin
Russia’s president is more a product of the Russian political landscape than its architect.
A Two-Step Solution
How to make the EU-Turkey agreement stick – and apply its lesson to African migrants taking the perilous sea-route to Italy.