10 Apr
Eine junge deutsche Europäische Vision?
Thema dieses Black Coffee Morning wird sein, wie die Sicht der “Millennials” Generation auf Europa und die EU aussieht.
European Strategy
Alone in the desert? How France can lead Europe in the Middle East
France sees the MENA region as a state for foreign policy and great power politics and an opportunity to shape global politics and punch above its weight
Iraq: back to square one
The success of the new EU strategy for Iraq will require a continuous and coordinated support with a long-term view that goes beyond the incidental military victories
Germany’s defence commitments: nothing but paper tigers?
Scepticism about Germany’s willingness to confront a revisionist Russia in 2014 has vanished. But there is new disappointment that the German diplomatic leadership has no military equivalent
Europe and the Egyptian election: Do not congratulate
Sisi is eager for international endorsement. European leaders should withhold it
Europe should strike a tough pose with Trump on the Iran nuclear deal
Europeans should toughen their position in ongoing talks with the Trump administration if they are to preserve the Iran nuclear deal and limit insecurity in the Middle East
Too close for comfort: European geostrategy and the transatlantic alliance
The question for Europe now is whether it needs to de-couple its strategy toward regional great powers from that of the United States
A Great European Society?
The return of identity politics and nationalism has put the postmodern Europe that sought to dilute and mitigate national and regional identities on the ropes
A New Beginning for European Defence
It is time to move past institutional integration and develop practical European security capabilities
From Iran to North Korea, German policymakers are at a loss
Postwar German foreign policy is based on cooperation, rules and trust, not power, interest and threat. But with crises from Iran to North Korea likely to be play out the old-fashioned way, that approach looks naive