January/February 2017
Money Talks
China is strategically buying up influence and innovation. This will have major consequences for the West.
The Eternal Putin
Russia’s president is more a product of the Russian political landscape than its architect.
A Two-Step Solution
How to make the EU-Turkey agreement stick – and apply its lesson to African migrants taking the perilous sea-route to Italy.
“It’s Not a Matter of Law, but of Counter-Measures”
Something very disruptive is going on in the political sphere, warns Simon Hegelich, professor for political data science.
New Deals for the Old Continent
Damage control isn’t the only answer to the Trump presidency. Europe has to take its fate into its own hands.
“It Gets Dangerous When the Center Starts to Crack”
The office of Marieluise Beck, a veteran Green member of the Bundestag and vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was hacked two years ago by the FSB. Then her party deselected her.
New Kid on the Block
The ambitions of the People’s Liberation Army are beginning to approach Europe’s backyard.
Words Don’t Come Easy: “Niepokorni”
Poland’s new strong men prefer to style themselves as persecuted outsiders.
