German-Dutch relationship key to EU coalition building
Better coalition-building among European countries is called as polarisation erodes European solidarity and cooperation
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Ten Foreign Policy Trends for 2017
Here are our ten trends (plus one bonus) that will define European foreign policy in 2017
The Coming Brexit Tragedy
With both sides ignoring the decline of the liberal world order, the Brexit process is set to result in tragedy for both the UK and EU
The EU’s Polish Dilemma
The problem of Warsaw’s illiberalism is not just legal but deeply political
The lesson of 2016: How to reverse the EU’s decline
What European policymaking needs now is a new devotion to grit-and-grind dispassion.
Russia’s heavy metal diplomacy
Mark Galeotti's op-ed on how Russia aims to divide, distract, dismay and dominate neighbours with 'heavy metal diplomacy'
Germany: Politics in times of terror
Initial reactions from the public have been marked by collective grief but not by calls for revenge
5 graphs that explain EU foreign policy making in 2017
There remains a core agreement on certain key values but the EU is deeply divided on immigration, on Russia, and perhaps soon on the United States.
UK Brexit debate still missing the point
Negotiations seldom go well if you do not understand where the other side is coming from
From Ankara with love/hate
Because Germany has deeper roots than any other European nation in Turkish society, it is also the country that is bearing the brunt of Turkey’s domestic problems