Winter 2021 Issue: Securing Europe’s Global Future

Editorial

Henning Hoff

Securing Europe's Global Future

The EU needs to think bigger—and act.

What Europe Thinks ...

Ulrike Franke

What Europe Thinks … About Security and Defense

Opinions polls show that Europeans want their continent to become more of an independent power.

Cover Section

Daniela Schwarzer

Europe’s Geopolitical Moment

There is a growing consensus that the EU has to become a geopolitical actor.

Mark Leonard

The EU’s Double Bind

COVID-19 has forced Europeans to confront a twin shock to their worldview.

Florence Gaub

The EU in Action I: The Middle East and North Africa

Europe must redefine its role in the Middle East and take action now.

Günter Seufert

The EU in Action II: Turkey

Dealing with the Erdogan government will be a stress test for the EU’s geopolitical ambitions.

Sarah Pagung

The EU in Action III: Russia

Containment must remain the focus of the EU’s policy vis-à-vis Moscow.

Barbara Kunz

Time for Big Picture Thinking

EU-NATO relations have to be reconsidered.

Berlin Cable

Henning Hoff

AKK Goes Forth

Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is putting Germany on a geopolitical course.

Pariscope

Joseph de Weck

When Opposites Don’t Attract

Emmanuel Macron is strengthening his military and wants Berlin to do the same. For a real security partner, however, he is looking to Washington.

Carbon Critical

Noah J. Gordon

Flexing the Regulatory Muscle

The EU is getting ready to introduce a so-called carbon border tax.

The Wider View

Wladislaw Inosemzew

Old Empires Collide

Russia’s concept of the “near abroad” and historical rivalries help explain Moscow’s foreign policy.

Quarterly Concerns

Anand Menon

A Daunting Agenda for Brexit Britain

A Brexit deal is done, but the United Kingdom's real challenges lie ahead, both at home and abroad.