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May/June 2017


Budapest and Warsaw are undermining the EU’s values, but Brussels’ kid gloves are only making them bolder.


Why some in Germany and Europe are stuck in geopolitics of the past.

The Trump administration’s attitude to climate change is a setback, but Europe can help states outmaneuver Washington.

Passion always seems to be on the side of anti-European Union forces – but that can be changed.


British media have painted the EU chief Brexit negotiator as an inflexible ideologue. It’s a caricature few in Brussels recognize.


Trump’s first hundred days in office have indicated what his priorities will be over the coming years. Transatlantic relations are unlikely to get smoother.


The European Union needs to change to survive, and Germany will have to play a key role.


The West should be careful not to make Vladimir Putin’s Russia stronger than it is.


For French president-elect Emmanuel Macron, these three little words are more than just a phrase he often repeats – they represent a condensed vision of the world as he sees it.


Russia’s hacking attacks – like the one on France on Saturday – are nothing new. The Kremlin has been using the very same tactics on the Russian opposition for years.

Our May/June issue on Vladimir Putin’s great power projection is out now.