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Slovakia’s Star Is Rising

Eye on Europe

The anti-corruption activist Zuzana Čaputová is on track be the country’s next president.

Balkan Business

Berlin Policy Journal March/April 2018

With its growing economic presence China is expanding its political influence in the Balkans, accelerating the region’s  already worrisome democratic decline. Nearly two decades …

Soul Searching

Berlin Policy Journal November/December 2015

The refugees entering the EU are changing the countries that accept them – and those that do not. One of the Eastern European refuseniks, Poland, has been forced to confront uncomfortable questions.

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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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