Navigating the Eastern Flank without Germany?
German relegation of security and defence to non-core issues leaves European observers puzzling where Germany is heading, and how far it can be relied upon
German relegation of security and defence to non-core issues leaves European observers puzzling where Germany is heading, and how far it can be relied upon
The policy is certainly morally questionable, but is it also unlawful?
Rex Tillerson received a frosty welcome in Europe last week. But the old continent has not yet formulated a practical response to Trump’s foreign policy
The UK government was deluded when it thought reaching a deal would be easy. It is deluded now in underestimating the concession it has made
It will take more than superficial changes to alter the course of Poland’s relationship with Europe
A new poll shows that the German public is increasingly concerned with security, but is dismissive of its American security guarantor and unwilling to pay more to help Europe replace it
Theresa May has to satisfy interests in Dublin, Belfast and Brussels on Northern Ireland’s future status if Brexit talks are to progress this year
The biggest threat to the European project is not the “illiberal” saboteurs on the periphery of the EU, but the deep divide within member states, including bastions of liberalism such as France and Germany
Madrid is inadvertently equating Catalonia and Kosovo and, by doing so, revealing itself to be unable to distinguish between legitimate aspirations for self-rule and destabilizing separatism
The standstill in German governance will likely amplify political fragmentation in the EU.