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Lucian Kim
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is Moscow correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). He is a former editor of Berlin Policy Journal.
Words Don’t Come Easy: “Bromance”

Berlin Policy Journal September/October 2016

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

Potemkin Village

Planet Moscow

Moscow has had an expensive makeover while the regime ossifies.

Playing to the Gallery

Berlin Policy Journal July/August 2016

Is Angela Merkel’s coalition partner banking on foreign policy as an election winner?

Debating Genocide

Berlin Observer

Trying to settle a historical question, Germany’s parliament has provoked new ones.

Words Don’t Come Easy: “Hotspots”

Berlin Policy Journal May/June 2016

The obfuscating misuse of the English term is troubling not least because “hot spot” previously referred to the kind of place refugees are escaping.

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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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