“The EU Is Not Big Enough to Shift the World”
The economist MARTIN WOLF thinks Europe has no chance of gaining real strategic autonomy.
For the EU, the Sun Also Rises
An EU free from British membership will mean new challenges, but also new opportunities.
Pariscope: Libya, a Case Study in Missteps
Libya is a perfect case study for the shortcomings of Emmanuel Macron’s foreign policy initiatives.
Has EU Reform Ended Before It Began?
Emmanuel Macron’s big idea for an EU constitutional convention may be watered down by Ursula von der Leyen into a sideshow that could then be ignored. The European Parliament, however, wants it to achieve real reform.
Germany’s Inadequate Culture of Remembrance
75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, Germany needs to rethink how it remembers—and why it does.
The Berlin Malaise
Germany’s capital is astonishingly short on politicians with a nation-wide appeal.
Fear of the Middle Kingdom in Central Asia
Governments like to talk up the cooperation between China and Central Asian states. But the Sinophobia in Kyrgystan and Kazahkstan is very real. “They …
Always the Bystander
Europe has been left as a spectator in the US-Iran conflict as the EU half-heartedly tries to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.
Editorial: A World of Frenemies
It was the strongly anti-Communist US columnist and gossip writer Walter Winchell who first coined the term in print in 1953. “Howz [sic] About …
The Dangers of Herd Life
In the digital age, ideas of human nature posited by the European Enlightenment are confronted with a Chinese model in which the state uses …
Postcard from the New Silk Road: Routes of Escape
Chinese engineers and workers on Belt and Road Initiative projects often spend many months away from their families. In Kyrgyzstan, however, some see a …
California Calling
The Golden State is a heavyweight when it comes to fighting climate change and setting tech policy. It is time European leaders found their …
Words Don’t Come Easy: “Predavstvo”
For many in the newly renamed country of North Macedonia, French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to block EU accession talks was a “betrayal.” It …
Carbon Critical: The Four Camps of the New Climate Debate
As the 2020s begin, hardly anyone is ignoring or denying climate change anymore. We are all either Carbonists, Lukewarmists, Techno-Mitigators, or Alarmists. The global …
Close-Up: Andrej Plenković
Croatia, for the first time ever, is holding the rotating EU presidency. Its prime minister had been hoping for a chance to shine. But …
The Tech Cold War Illusion
While the United States and China are engaged in a great tech rivalry, analogies with the East-West conflict before 1989 are misplaced. “The AI …
