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The May/June Issue

Berlin Policy Journal May/June 2017
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Cover artwork: Lo Cole

Our May/June issue on Vladimir Putin’s great power projection is out now – available at Google Play
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Here’s the table of contents:

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.

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+++ 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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BERLIN POLICY JOURNAL is a bimonthly digital magazine on European affairs, edited in Germany’s capital and published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). It is best read via our app – on GooglePlay and the Apple AppStore – on tablets and smart phones.