When Worlds Collide
US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stand for conflicting conceptions of the West.
“Why Are You Still Here?”
The UK and the US are taking their time leaving the EU and the Paris climate accords respectively.
American Requiem
At Hamburg’s G20 summit Trump’s noisy tweets were surpassed by China’s quiet diplomacy.
Stalin Reloaded?
What the results of a recent poll tell about re-Stalinization in post-Soviet Russia.
Going Dutch
Forming a new government out of the Netherlands’ fractious parties is proving nearly impossible.
Europe’s Power Shifts
One year on from the Brexit vote, the EU’s political landscape is profoundly changed.
Refounding Europe
Both Germany and France will have to show flexibility in the fields they dominate.
Brexit Chaos
After the UK election, the country’s position is as unclear as the future of the prime minister.
A Bad, Very Bad Trip
Trump’s European tour and Merkel’s beer tent rally have left leaders facing uncharted territory.
The Cloak of Instability
There is method to the madness of proposing “ethnically homogeneous” Balkan states.
Putin’s Art of the Deal
Russia’s big energy projects make no economic sense, but they serve a political purpose.
Ready to Boogie?
Merkel has little interest in Macron’s more ambitious EU plans unless Paris gets its house in order.
Merkcron, a Dream Team?
Europe’s future hinges on relations between Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron.
+++ 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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