Putin’s incredible shrinking circle
At a time when Russia is heading into renewed turbulence, he appears determined to ensure he has none around him willing to express uncomfortable truths
Commentary
Kaczynski chooses confrontation over compromise with EU
With the rule of law dispute between the government and the Commission heating up, Polish politics is entering a new phase
Taking Turkey seriously
Make no mistake: the West’s attitude toward Turkey matters
Why Hillary Clinton wouldn’t be a foreign policy hawk as president
Hillary Clinton is unlikely to have a hawkish foreign policy once she will be president and her priorities will be very different
Friends again: Erdoğan meets Putin
Erdoğan’s visit to Saint Petersburg will likely usher in closer ties with Russia and send strong message to the West – that Ankara has options.
Vladimir and Nicholas: Putinism enters a new historic phase
Vladimir is not Nicholas, and the 2010s are not the 1850s. Nonetheless, if Putinism is entering its “Nicolaevian” phase, it raises some worrying implications for the future
EU global strategy under threat from division at home
The new Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy provides a pragmatic vision for the EU’s external relations. But the loss of the United Kingdom and divisions among the remaining 27 may undermine its success
Boris Johnson the Counter-Revolutionary
Johnson did more than anyone to bury Britain’s European future; but his ultra-flexibility may yet prove to be its salvation
Europe seen from the outside – the British view
The next phase of European integration must engage with – and provide safeguards against – the dark side of interdependence. Otherwise Brexit will be just the beginning
Will Europe’s bloody summer change migration policy?
With every terrorist attack, anti-migration parties will have a larger platform, but they will struggle to change policy