Why post-modern Spain needs a new foreign policy
Spanish leaders need to face up to the strategic challenges of our time to prevent a Hobbesian world of the future
European Power
Note to Berlin: How to engage Poland
If Germany wants to avoid further deterioration of its relationship with Poland, it is important to make clear that a discussion of the rule of law in their country is not a German-Polish affair and an illegitimate meddling in Polish affairs, but a legitimate part of a European public debate
Where is Poland headed?
Does Polish national-conservative leader Jarosław Kaczyński have a plan?
Germany – Europe’s lonely leader
As instability and conflict grow in Europe’s neighbourhood, Germany’s leading EU role is diminished
Times are changing in Spain
Spain's new political parties Podemos and Ciudadanos smash apart old orthodoxies and herald a new era in Spanish politics
Note to Berlin: Power and responsibility in foreign policy
If Germany is to take on the mantle of international leadership, it must prepare itself for the challenges and the responsibilities
COP21: A la carte climate politics
Paris climate deal reflects the modern, less legalistic environment for international deal-making
Germany, France & Syria: Berlin’s calculated solidarity
Supporting France militarily is calculated to help Germany’s interest and better position it in international bargaining over a ceasefire and transition in Syria.
#JesuisSchengen
The freedoms Schengen provides should not be a further casualty of the Paris attacks
Germany’s hunt for a coalition of the willing
Germany is searching for European partners to end its splendid isolation over the refugee crisis