Governing in the global marketplace
Europe needs to build its digital policy capacity and exert itself in the global debate
European Strategy
The future global order
In the first episode of this series, Carl Bildt explains that with the dramatic increase in the importance of the cyber world, Europe must create the right environment in which an open, dynamic and global internet can flourish. It is a vital European interest and one that we are neglecting.
Greece and Germany’s game of chicken
Despite staving off Greek disaster for now, Merkel and Schäuble have had a frosty reception from political allies in Berlin.
The ultimate test for Merkel’s ‘muddle through’ model
Merkel has shown little appetite for the “vision-thing”, but the Greek crisis threatens to push the Chancellor out of her comfort zone
Tsipras’ Pyrrhic victory
Without demonstrating how they can pull off a strategy of gaining debt relief before reforms, Syriza's referendum win could become a Pyrrhic victory
Idealpolitik or Realpolitik: Germany’s new old foreign policy debate
Germany’s obsessive debate between a value-based and an interest-based foreign policy has returned
G7 summitry – reborn but still the same
Myths and symbolism have accompagnied the fundamental transformation of the gathering
Does Europe have a digital future?
The “third Industrial Revolution” – the digital revolution – is well underway and Europe cannot afford to miss it
Europe’s soft political revolution is Germany’s nightmare
If the relationship German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU President Donald Tusk have built won’t last, a pillar of Germany’s architecture for the EU will crumble
German leaders juggle foreign policy crises
The German government has proven itself adept at juggling foreign policy crises, but as it reaches the halfway point of its term, it is more important than ever that nothing gets dropped