Modernizing German Foreign Policy
With a new government in office, modernization and progress are buzzwords in Berlin. But will the rhetoric translate into a new and more courageous approach to foreign policy?
TTC Lift-off: The Euro-Atlantic Tech Alliance Takes Shape
The first meeting in Pittsburgh of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) underlined the geopolitical importance of a promising endeavor. All pieces are there, but now some assembly is required.
On Sanctioning Russia’s Business Elites
There are serious doubts about not only the effectiveness, but also the rationality for imposing sanctions on the Russian oligarchs.
How We Achieved Sustainability
Is a fair, healthy, climate-friendly world possible? Yes it is, but only if humanity learns lessons from the coronavirus pandemic.
Old Empires Collide
Russia’s concept of the “near abroad” is a doctrine that helps explain Moscow’s foreign policy both toward those states once formed part of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire’s historic rivals, including Turkey, Poland, and China.
Social Distancing in International Relations
There has been much heralding of the end of globalization wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. But a closer look reveals that, if anything, the crisis could bind the US, the EU, and China closer together, if in a less stable way.