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Josh Raisher
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is a Berlin-based IT specialist and freelance writer focusing on foreign policy. He is a former editor at Berlin Policy Journal.
Europe by Numbers: Continental Drift

Berlin Policy Journal May/June 2015

Recent polls show: Europeans want more independence from the United States, Germans in particular. However, Washington is still by far the preferred partner.

Greek Unorthodoxy

April 2015 Berlin Policy Journal

Greece’s new Syriza government may alarm Brussels, but there is more behind Greece’s affinity for Russia than can be explained by party alliances alone – as polls have shown, keeping Athens in line on Russia policy may be trickier than expected.

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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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