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
Commentary
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'
Learning the right lessons from Aleppo
We may need to lower our expectations and recognise the inherent limitations and trade-offs of seeking to reduce atrocities overseas
Germany: Politics in times of terror
Initial reactions from the public have been marked by collective grief but not by calls for revenge
Ukraine’s rising Euroscepticism
Ukraine’s pivot towards the West has barely begun, but fatigue and frustration are already setting in
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.
An envoy, an assassin and a mystery in the heart of Ankara
Instead of ratcheting up tensions, the murder of Karlov seems to have brought Ankara and Moscow closer than ever
UK Brexit debate still missing the point
Negotiations seldom go well if you do not understand where the other side is coming from