2020: The year of economic coercion under Trump
European countries and businesses are unlikely to escape the impact of US extraterritorial measures on China, Russia, and Turkey.
European Power
Digging the trenches: The EU and the Green Deal
The Green Deal is set to create new divides in the EU. Conflicts are already brewing, and not just between eastern and western member states
Land of the lost: My trip to the Munich Security Conference
With such a smorgasbord of offerings, most people eat the familiar food and leave the conference pleasantly full of the same ideas that they entered with
The slow death of ambition: German foreign policy after Kramp-Karrenbauer’s resignation
The grand coalition will continue to be a kind of caretaker government in its lack of a big foreign policy vision
11 Feb
After Berlin: What options for peace in Libya?
A breakfast discussion on the peace options in Libya following the Berlin conference
The search for freedom of action: Macron’s speech on nuclear deterrence
The French president reached out to the rest of Europe on Russia, the transatlantic relationship, and European solidarity.
To Huawei or not to Huawei?
Last week the European Commission published its EU Toolbox on 5G Cyber Security, with the aim of aiding the member states in evaluating the risks associated…
Britain sets sail – into the dark
The odds that the UK and the EU will reach full, or even much, agreement within the breakneck timetable imposed by London do not look good
Out of the slow lane: How Europe can meet the challenge of AI
EU member states need to turn their declarations of intent about international cooperation on technological sovereignty into real projects
Counterfeit change: Lebanon’s new government
Even if the new government intends to introduce significant reforms, the elite will more than likely block any measures that challenge entrenched interests