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was, until 2014, publisher of DIE WELT newspaper group. His latest book is “Europa ist tot, es lebe Europa!” (C. Bertelsmann).
Spanish Flu

Berlin Policy Journal January/February 2018

By failing to mediate the outbreak of Catalan nationalism, the EU stands to lose its soul.

The New Ruffians

Berlin Policy Journal September/October 2016

How to deal with those political forces insufficiently described as populist.

Halftime in the Greek Crisis

Eye on Europe

The giant consensus machine that is the EU is still running smoothly enough, but Europe – and Greece – will continue to suffer from the euro’s flawed construction.

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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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