Relations between Washington and Berlin have deteriorated in recent years. With the return of great power competition, both sides would profit immensely from revitalizing it, by finding a new division of labor that resembles the old one.
The Russian president is waging war against the West, and organized crime networks are becoming an ever more important tool in this conflict. Indeed, it is increasingly difficult to tell the security services from the criminal gangs.
US officials may have accepted the return of great power competition, but Washington continues to operate on the assumptions of unchallenged dominance.
The logic of the current US foreign policy is solely based on power, while abandoning rules and predictability. The question is whether Europe can muster the strength, cohesion, and nerve required to shape whatever global order comes next.
If they want global problem solving to succeed without US leadership, the Europeans need to fully acknowledge partner countries’ potential.
The special relationship has never been better—between a special type of American and a special type of Brit. Donald Trump could not be happier with the progress being made by Nigel Farage and his Reform UK.
The new US foreign and security policy is often described as isolationist. It’s true that, under Trump, US aspirations to shape the global order are decreasing. At the same time, its activities in Europe are increasing: not in military terms, but in political ones.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is faced with the difficult task of trying to both placate the mercurial US President Donald Trump while simultaneously engineering a shift away from Canada’s biggest trading partner.
Europe has never had so few alternatives as it does today. But that is exactly why Europe will succeed.
With Russia’s war against Ukraine, the weaponization of food has taken on a new global dimension. Nations need to rethink their approach to food security.
The return of Donald Trump to the White House is regarded as both a risk and an opportunity in Ukraine. Much hinges on whether the Europeans, in particular Germany, manage to come up with a bold, unified approach of their own.
Ukraine’s armed forces surprised many when they managed to counter-invade Russia in early August. In part, the Ukrainians acted out of a sense of urgency, something that is sorely lacking in Western debates.
