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August, 2019

Carbon Critical: Meat Tax Back on the Menu

Carbon Critical September/October 2019

Sausage-loving Germany is discussing raising taxes on meat. It’s a controversial idea whose time has come.

A Green Industrial Revolution

Berlin Policy Journal September/October 2019

To stop climate change, growth needs to be decoupled from environmental pollution. Europe should lead the way, both as a model for others and to secure its own economic future.

Politics of Resentment

Berlin Observer

The right-wing populist AfD has struck a nerve in the former East Germany.

Where Gender Meets Nationalism

Berlin Observer

The inaugural winner of the Sylke Tempel Essay Prize for Young Women is Annabelle Chapman.

Trump’s Not-So-Empty Troops Threat to Germany

Manhattan Transfer

The White House is threatening to withdraw US troops from Germany. With Donald Trump, this could actually happen.

Prospecting Claims, Digging for Nuggets

Manhattan Transfer

Germany and Europe will not find solutions to the climate crisis without the United States

Mission Possible in the Strait of Hormuz

Beyond the Seas

Giving a flat “no” to a naval mission to protect shipping in the Persian Gulf does not solve Germany’s dilemmas.

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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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European Encounters (#EuropeCounts), supported by Stiftung Mercator (2017-18), aims at contributing toward building a European public. Europeans from different ends and spheres of the continent exchange views on topics relevant to the whole EU. It’s time to make discussions truly European.

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