European Power

Ukraine’s gas “federalisation”

Gazprom is supplying gas directly to Ukraine’s breakaway regions and the dispute with Ukraine threatens Ukraine’s future territorial integrity

The Greek compromise

To applause back home, Germany succeeded in conceding little to Greece – but the result might be future chaos

Brussels has fallen

Internal divisions and external challenges threaten the continued survival of the European Union. 

Crisis diplomacy and the Russian-Ukrainian war

Germany needs to square the circle between domestic demands for restraint and isolationism and the increasing responsibilities of European leadership