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is a senior fellow and director of the Europe Program at The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) in Berlin.
How Europe Got Lucky

Berlin Policy Journal May/June 2019

In the summer of 2040, the EU has finally turned into a functioning regional power. It took Russia attacking the Baltics, another euro crisis, and a migrant boom to get there.

What Germany Needs to Do Next … On Three Top Priorities

Berlin Policy Journal September/October 2017

Reform education by halving class sizes, cancel the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, and be honest about strategic realities.

Greater Ambition, Please!

Berlin Policy Journal July/August 2017

Germany needs to want more – and have a strategy to go with it.

One Star Down

Berlin Policy Journal July/August 2016

Views from Germany, France, and Poland.

Political Union Now!

Berlin Policy Journal July/August 2015

If we want to keep the Europe we have – we must change it. The European Union needs more integration, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel must lead the way.

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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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