After COP26: How the EU and UK can lead efforts to keep 1.5C alive
The EU and UK should strengthen their climate commitments to unlock enhanced global climate action ahead of COP27
View from the Council
Business and religion in the metaverse
The new reality that Facebook and other companies are building brings immense possibilities but also dangers. It is a business with religious overtones.
Covid bereavement as a European experience
Liberal politicians in Europe have begun to articulate covid-19 grief in their national political contexts. This is an important step in leading the continent out of the pandemic – and away from populism.
Europe’s post-Afghanistan to-do list
The EU’s approach to foreign policy and economic policy needs to account for the fact that, globally, the space between the two areas is increasingly narrow
How G7 leaders can bring the pandemic to an end
Rich countries are hoarding vaccines at the expense of poorer ones – but also to their own detriment. Without extending help to all countries, the whole world will continue to suffer.
A new era in Polish-German relations
Germany’s election will bring about a new phase in its relationship with Poland, one that is driven less by the still-vivid legacy of the past and more by pragmatism and interests
Difficult allies: Denmark, social democrats, and the German election
One should not expect members of Europe’s political families to automatically cheer for one another. Copenhagen may find that implementing its European policy will become more difficult if the Social Democratic Party’s Olaf Scholz becomes German chancellor.
European democracy is at stake in the German election
Europe must hope that the next government in Berlin will come to the Franco-German relationship with fresh thinking and clear suggestions for how to deal with the democratic deficits in the heart of the EU, as well as the human rights challenges on the union’s southern flank
Autonomous in Afghanistan: How the Europeans could have stayed after US withdrawal
A European force that remained even as the Americans left could have provided a powerful psychological boost to Afghan forces – and such an operation should have been well within European capabilities
Afghanistan: How it could have been different
Nothing was inevitable about the Taliban reconquering of Afghanistan. But in the end the US lost what minimal strategic patience it had.