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Our July/August issue on EU reform and the Franco-German tandem is out now – available at Google Play

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EUROPE BY NUMBERS
Shifting Priorities

FULL STEAM AHEAD
RALPH BOLLMANN
Kohl’s Belated Heiress
Finally trying on Helmut Kohl’s boots, the German chancellor is ready for deeper European integration.

ALMUT MÖLLER
Taking the Bull by the Horns
Why Paris and Berlin should not wait until after the German elections to get going.

CLAIRE DEMESMAY AND JANA PUGLIERIN
Ode to (Some) Joy
Where France and Germany are likely to chime – and occasionally clash.

RADOSLAW SIKORSKI
“We Need to Fix Our Economy, That’s for Sure”
Poland’s former foreign minister on how to make the EU stronger.

CLOSE-UP
Bruno Le Maire
All eyes are now on France’s economy minister. Is he the right man to push through much-needed reforms?
By DANIEL VERNET

GERMANY’S NEW ROLE

URSULA VON DER LEYEN
“You Grow with the Job”
Germany’s defense minister on how to advance European security in turbulent times.

JÖRG LAU
More Stick, More Carrot
Chancellor Merkel is right, the old times are over. Here’s what a new German foreign policy could look like.

JAN TECHAU
Greater Ambition, Please!
Berlin not only needs to do more, it needs to want to do more – and have a strategy to go with it.

RUSSIA AND THE WORLD
LIANA FIX
To Reform or Not to Reform
Former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has proposed a radical overhaul of  Russia’s economy. Chances of implementation are slim.

THOMAS W. O’DONNELL
Neue Neue Ostpolitik
What lies behind the US-German spat over new Russian sanctions affecting the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline?

RINA SOLOVEITCHIK
Protectors of the Truth
How RT, Sputnik & Co. portray Germany and Europe.

TURKISH-GERMAN RELATIONS
SINAN EKIM
Back from the Brink
In a new low, German troops leave the Incerlik airbase. But there is scope to rebuild Turkey’s relations with Germany and the EU on the economic front.

EUROPEAN ENCOUNTERS
GERALD KNAUS, ANDREAS NICK, AND NADAN PETROVIC
“We Need More Amsterdam in Sicily”
Addressing the refugee crisis and the rising numbers of African migrants arriving in Italy, the EU needs new thinking.

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EUROPE BY NUMBERS
Russia’s Investments in Europe

PUTIN’S PROJECTION

Then and Now: Two Maps

STEFAN MEISTER
The Great Russia Myth
Vladimir Putin has made Russia appear mightier than it is – with some help from the West.

VLADISLAV INOSEMTZEV
As the Worm Turns
Russia’s economy is strong enough to survive,
but too weak to reform.

ILYA YASHIN
Tried and Tested
Russia’s Internet offensive against the West isn’t exactly new. The Kremlin has been using the very same tactics on the Russian opposition for years.

KARSTEN VOIGT
“Geostrategic Conditions Are Very Different Now”
Why some in Germany and Europe are stuck in geopolitics of the past.

CLOSE-UP
Michel Barnier
The EU Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator is unlikely to make new friends in London. BY DAVE KEATING

REFORMING THE EUROPEAN UNION
MARK LEONARD
Europe and Me
With Britain gone, the European Union has to change. A personal reflection on how.

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

TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS
TYSON BARKER
Off to a Rough Start
Where Europe stands with the new US administration one hundred days on.

WORDS DON’T COME EASY
BRENNA DALDORPH
“En même temps”
For Emmanuel Macron, these three little words are a condensed vision of the world as he sees it.

CLIMATE CHANGE
SARA NICHOLS, MEGAN O’REILLY, AND ELLEN SCHOLL
Beyond the Beltway
The Trump administration’s attitude to climate change is a setback, but Europe can help states outmaneuver Washington.

EUROPEAN ENCOUNTERS
SÉBASTIEN VANNIER AND STELIOS VOULGARIS
“We Should Create More Spaces for People’s Participation”
Passion always seems to be on the side of anti-European Union forces – but that can be changed.

Read more in the Berlin Policy Journal App – May/June 2017 issue.

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Our March/April issue on the upcoming French presidential election is out now – available via mobile devices at Google Play

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Our January/February issue on digital manipulation is out now – available at Google Play

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DIGITAL MANIPULATION
TOBIAS BUNDE
Politics by Other Means
The West’s open societies and democratic institutions are under attack. It’s time to brace for a fight.

SIMON HEGELICH
“It’s Not a Matter of Law, but of Counter-Measures”
How Germany can combat interference in its 2017 elections.

ANDREAS RINKE
Disinformation War
Berlin wakes up to the challenges of Russia’s online offensive.

MARIELUISE BECK
“It Gets Dangerous When the Center Starts to Crack”
The Green lawmaker on being the target of a Russian hacking attack.

CLOSE-UP
Geert Wilders
The ascent of the Netherlands’ wild-boy populist was long in the making. But he’s still a long way from taking the top job. BY JOB JANSSEN

TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS
DANIELA SCHWARZER
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.

JULIANNE SMITH
Enter Trump
Atlanticists need to convince the new US administration of the lasting value of the relationship – and have a back-up plan if that fails.

EUROPE
GERALD KNAUS
A Two-Step Solution
How to make the EU-Turkey agreement on refugees stick – and apply its lessons to African migrants taking the perilous sea-route to Italy.

MILAN NIC
Cracking Up
The Visegrád group was the EU’s most effective internal opposition. Now it’s showing signs of disintegrating.

WORDS DON’T COME EASY
PIOTR BURAS
“Niepokorni”
Poland’s new strong men prefer to style themselves as prosecuted outsiders.

RUSSIA
VLADISLAV INOZEMTSEV
The Eternal Putin
Russia’s president is more a product of Russia’s political landscape than its architect.

CHINA
HELENA LEGARDA
New Kid on the Block
The ambitions of the People’s Liberation Army are beginning to approach Europe’s backyard.

JONATHAN FENBY
Money Talks
China is strategically buying up influence and innovation. This will have major consequences for the West.

GERMANY
CATHERINE HICKLEY
No-Show
The landmark art exhibition that wasn’t has dampened German-Iranian relations.

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Our November/December issue on Europe in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory is out now – available at Google Play

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Our Septemer/October issue on the new ideological front line in domestic and international politics is out now – available at Google Play

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