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A Dangerous New Normal

Berlin Policy Journal January/February 2018

The US has given up its global leadership role: the consequences for 2018.

Enter the B Team

Berlin Policy Journal March/April 2017

If the Trump administration turns its back on the world, others need to step up to defend the US-built liberal order.

Trump’s World

Manhattan Transfer

The next US president could spell the end of the liberal international order.

“Turkey Is Much Bigger Than Erdogan”

Berlin Policy Journal September/October 2016

The West’s first task: reassuring Turkey of its place in the world.

The Nuclear Reality

Bullets and Bytes

“Nuclear disarmament” has always sounded better in theory than in practice. With more countries flexing their nuclear muscle – especially Russia – a more realistic strategy to manage nuclear arms is necessary. The West must fundamentally re-think means and ends.

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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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European Encounters

European Encounters (#EuropeCounts), supported by Stiftung Mercator (2017-18), aims at contributing toward building a European public. Europeans from different ends and spheres of the continent exchange views on topics relevant to the whole EU. It’s time to make discussions truly European.

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