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Postcard from the New Silk Road: Routes of Escape

On the New Silk Road

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

Berlin Policy Journal January/February 2020

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”

Berlin Policy Journal January/February 2020

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

Berlin Policy Journal Carbon Critical January/February 2020

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

Berlin Policy Journal January/February 2020

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

Berlin Policy Journal January/February 2020

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 …

Weaponizing the Economy

Berlin Policy Journal January/February 2020

Tariffs, investments, infrastructure projects: the instruments of global power rivalry have changed. To assert themselves, Germany and Europe need to learn the rules of …

Caught in the Headlights

Berlin Policy Journal January/February 2020

There have been multiple shocks since 2014: Russia’s war against Ukraine, Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron’s bold initiatives. Berlin’s only answer …

Europe by Numbers: A Very British Election

Berlin Policy Journal January/February 2020

By winning 365 of the 650 parliamentary seats, Boris Johnson’s Conservatives have changed Britain’s political landscape for the next five years, possibly for the …

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Out Now: May/June 2020 Issue



+++ 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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