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Martin Quencez
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is a Fellow and Senior Program Officer at the German Marshall Fund of the United States' (GMFUS) Paris office.
A Military Workshop

Berlin Policy Journal November/December 2018

Thereʼve been many misconceptions around the European Intervention Initaitve (E2I), launched in 2017. Amid a promising start, sticking points are mostly tests for Franco-German …

European Intervention Initiative: The Big Easy

Bullets and Bytes

The French president’s brainchild shapes up as primarily a military-to-military “strategic workshop,” not intended to become a separate intervention force.

Unapologetically French

Berlin Policy Journal March/April 2018

Emmanuel Macron has been hailed as the “most pro-European” French president ever. In reality, his policies don‘t diverge all that much from his country’s …

Refounding Europe

Eye on Europe

Both Germany and France will have to show flexibility in the fields they dominate.

La Dédiabolisation

Berlin Policy Journal March/April 2017

How Marine Le Pen turned the Front National into a force with a chance at France’s presidency.

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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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