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What Ukraine Expects

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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.

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Pavlo Klimkin
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The Wider View
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“Don’t Buy Greenland, Buy Its Minerals”

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In the green resource race, the United States and the EU should look to the big island in the North Atlantic and forge a common approach, providing expertise and facilitating the needed investments.

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Emily Hardy
Dan Helmeci
Katrine Westgaard
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Carbon Critical
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Germany Must Embrace Boldness in its Foreign Policy

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Investing more in defense and security, tackling illegal migration, containing China, revitalizing the EU: Germany’s foreign policy must finally replace its customary caution with boldness.

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Nico Lange
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Toward a New German Foreign Policy
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Trump and “New Europe”

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The re-election of Donald Trump as US president may actually lead to some positive development in Central and Eastern Europe. The countries so far reluctant to spend big on defense may finally come round to doing so.

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Sławomir Sierakowski
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Why Trump’s America Offers a Silver Lining for Europe

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For decades, it has been easier for Berlin to invoke American power than to compromise with its continental neighbors. This has always been a risky bet. Trumpism will force Germany back into Europe—to its benefit.

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Julia Friedlander
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Berlin Cable

A Touch of Trumpism Reaches Germany’s Election Campaign

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Elon Musk has been trolling Germany’s parliamentary election campaign during the holidays. His AI-supported interventions are unlikely to have much effect, but they remind the country that it needs new ideas—which so far are lacking.

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Henning Hoff
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Berlin Cable
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Pariscope

France Has a Problem with Racism, not Migration

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Migration statistics have been low for decades, yet French politicians continue to fret about the country being taken over by foreigners. That is because rallying against migration is a way for the far-right to mobilize voters against France’s non-white and Muslim population.

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Pariscope
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Carbon Critical

The North Star of Europe’s Industrial Policy Goes South

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Swedish battery maker Northvolt, championed as the domestic guarantor of Europe’s switch to EV mobility, has filed for bankruptcy. But it deserves a second chance.

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Emily Hardy
Dan Helmeci
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Carbon Critical
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What Europe Thinks ...

What Europe Thinks … About the Transatlantic Partnership

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The first Trump presidency caused views of the United States to deteriorate in Europe. It’s not a given that history will repeat itself, while Europeans are looking elsewhere, too.

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Julia Ganter
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What Europe Thinks ...
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Brussels Briefing

The EU’s Quest to Run Faster

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Calls for greater competitiveness expose the gaps between what would make the EU more productive and what its members are willing to do.

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Rebecca Christie
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Brussels Briefing
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Indo-Pacific Watch

Xi’s Second Purge of China’s Military

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A renewed anti-corruption drive has led to the dismissal of a remarkable number of defense ministers and Chinese top brass. This may dampen Xi Jinping’s appetite for conflict in the short term, but the Chinese president is pursuing the purge with his geopolitical goals in mind.

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Helena Legarda
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Indo-Pacific Watch
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