September/October 2019
The Long Shadow
Europe By Numbers
The Von Der Leyen Budget
the long shadow
jaroslaw kuisz and karoline wigura
Europe, Old and New
The myth of the West is waning in Central and Eastern Europe.
interview with karel schwarzenberg
“More Honesty Would Be a Wonderful Idea”
The former Czech foreign minister on Europe’s imperfect merger.
milan nič
The Next Chapter
The post-1989 period brought economic success to Central and Eastern Europe. A new generation now needs to update the model.
annabelle chapman
Who Gets to Claim History?
Their different views of 1989 divide Poland’s main parties?
siobhán dowling
Politics of Resentment
The image of a close Putin-Xi friendship can be deceiving.
close-up
christian schubert
Christine Lagarde
As Brexit looms, Scotland’s first minister may get another opportunity to make the case for leaving the United Kingdom.
carbon critical
noah gordon
Meat Tax Back on the Menu
Sausage-loving Germany is discussing raising taxes on meat.
the climate emergency
ralf fücks
A Green Industrial Revolution
Another refugee crisis could be looming. Yet so far the EU has been divided and passive.
michael t. klare
No Climate Denial at the Pentagon
Germany has had some success integrating refugees.
postcard from the new silk road
jacob mardell
Another Belt and Road Port?
“Ibizagate” has shaken Austrian politics. But plus ça change…
op-eds on german foreign policy
nils schmid
War and Peace
In politics, Francis Fukuyama was soon proven wrong. In economics, it took Donald Trump.
omid nouripour
Green Foreign Policy DNA
The internet giants like to present themselves as foreign policy actors on equal footing with nation states. They are not.
words dont come easy
marina watson pelaez
“Geringonça”
An unlikely government coalition has turned Portugal around.
europe
alex massie
The Johnson Maneuver
The UK’s new prime minister steers the country towards a hard Brexit. An early election looms.
jean-baptiste jeangène vilmer
Lessons from #MacronLeaks
The attempt to meddle with the 2017 French presidential election failed. But it is vital to draw the right conclusions, and prepare.
technology
kaan sahin
The Devil’s in the Detail
The international debate about AI ethics has only just begun.
sights and sounds
kaan sahin
Spotlight on Berlin
Berlin is en vogue as a film and television backdrop, but some cliches die hard.
red herring & black swan
hans kundnani
Is the German Question Back?
Some fear that American withdrawal from Europe would lead to German hegemony. But that’s unlikely.
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