12 Oct
World in Focus
“World in Focus” is an event specially designed to encompass meetings, dialogues and panel sessions which will tackle questions about Poland, Europe and the world.
European Strategy
Diplomacy dies in darkness: Europe and information manipulation
“Information manipulation” or just plain “fake news”? How France is grappling with a very modern threat
Berlin’s untenable foreign-policy strategic vacuum
Berlin can no longer afford to float ideas that have no practical consequences, and keep muddling through
Belarus and Ukraine: Fort Trump’s accidental victims?
“Fort Trump” would further the security spiral in eastern Europe, catching Ukraine and Belarus in the crossfire between Russia and the West
An awkward embrace: Erdoğan in Germany
As the economic crisis in Turkey intensifies, Germany should decide whether and how it wants to help
Germany’s defence policy: still living in dreamland
Beyond its borders, few agree that Germany has much to feel satisfied about when it comes to matching its actions to its leaders’ rhetoric
Ten years after Lehman: Can liberal democracy survive another financial crisis?
It seems we have not learned the lessons of the recent past and may be doomed to repeat them in the future
Laws on LAWS? Germany’s place in the ‘killer robot’ debate
Germany – and all Europeans – need to get on with agreeing not only the technical rules around lethal autonomous weapons, but also whether we really want to delegate decisions over life and death to machines
Are spheres of influence still in? The EU and external security
The security perceptions scorecard highlights the EU's ability and willingness to act as a security provider, depending on the region
Europe for itself
As US President Donald Trump continues to wage war on the American-led international order, Europeans can no longer assume that their interests are synonymous with those of the US. The time has come for the European Union to redefine its interests, and to develop a new strategy for defending them.