17 Mar
Europe’s Dilemmas and Western Balkans’ Perspectives
The refugee push from North Africa and the Middle East is a European problem, to which only common European policies would be the answer
European Strategy
17 Mar
Дилемите пред Европа и перспективите на Западните Балкани
Бежанският натиск от Северна Африка и Близкия Изток е европейски проблем, за който единствено общоевропейски политики биха дали решение
The EU trade strategy: Where is the “strategic” part?
Though individual goals of the EU’s trade strategy are laudable, by all usual definitions, it is not really a strategy at all
Obama’s Syria failure is a perfect case study in how bad foreign policy is made
The lesson is that even a president who has shown extraordinary awareness that the “Washington playbook” frequently dictates unwise military interventions often feels forced to compromise his policy
15 Mar
Berlin Foreign Policy Club: Kontinent der Verzagten
We are currently witnessing deep divisions within and between European societies. What are their driving forces? What are the various perspectives on the series of crises in recent years and how did the European Union contribute to all of this? What can we do to overcome the existing divisions between politics and the European societies? There was indeed much to be talked of in another round of our Berlin Foreign Policy Club.
The German problem
How Angela Merkel’s handling of the refugee crisis emboldened the far right and led to troubling questions about her future as chancellor
10 Mar
„Diese Krise ist anders: Zur Notwendigkeit einer europäischen Zukunftsbestimmung“
Welche politischen Strategien haben wir, um die Fliehkräfte in der EU einzudämmen? Wie können wir tief zu ihren Ursachen vordringen und wie kann Europa wieder zu innerer Stärke und Einheit finden? Eine Diskussion mit Timothy Garton Ash und Norbert Röttgen
8 Mar
Black Coffee Morning: “Parteiendämmerung – Politischer Wandel in Spanien”
What does the lack of clear majorities mean for Spanish politics and the EU? How can developments in other EU member states help to explain potential repercussions of the current crisis on the Spanish party system? Black Coffee Morning with José Ignacio Torreblanca and Olaf Wientzek
Bashar al-Assad is a monster. But getting rid of him won’t fix Syria.
Justice is not the same as peace. In Syria, we have to choose.
25 Feb
Jak kryzysy międzynarodowe zmieniają UE?
Według najnowszego rapotu ECFR Scorecard 2016 Europa znalazła się w cieniu dominujących potęg