Articles on European Strategy
Trump vs. EU: The dead end of the normative approach (Commentary)
Vessela Tcherneva - 04 July 2018
A divided EU - with an unstable Germany, a UK on its way out and renegade central eastern member states - is only of interest to the US as an ally in competition with Russia and China
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The migration crisis is not just about Merkel (Commentary)
Almut Möller - 29 June 2018
Take a look at the German party system – including the AfD’s role as largest opposition party – to understand the faultlines running under the chatter about Merkel.
Mali’s impunity problem and growing security crisis (Commentary)
Andrew Lebovich - 28 June 2018
On June 13 Malian soldiers and security forces were responsible for killing more than 30 civilians throughout the country - the government and international forces have been unable to reverse the trend
Brexit, defence, and the EU’s quest for ‘strategic autonomy’ (Commentary)
Nick Witney - 25 June 2018
EU members may not feel they can trust the Brits on defence. But the UK’s past reliability on this front suggests they should
An “existential question” for Europe – or for Merkel herself? (Commentary)
Josef Janning - 20 June 2018
Angela Merkel is in a race against time to fulfil a pledge for a new Europe-wide migration policy if she is to keep her conservative coalition together
Berlin’s new language of compromise (Commentary)
Almut Möller - 15 June 2018
European politicians have made an abundance of normative speeches on Europe, but few on the politics of cooperation. German leaders’ recent interventions hint at a turning point in this trend.
Pedantry in motion: European intervention hits the language barrier (Commentary)
Ulrike Esther Franke - 07 June 2018
German politicians struggle to endorse Emmanuel Macron’s proposal for a “European Intervention Initiative” not least because the term intervention sounds misleading in German.
Merkel and Macron: edging towards change? (Commentary)
Josef Janning - 07 June 2018
Angela Merkel finally responds to Emmanuel Macron’s Europe reform plans – but through the pages of a newspaper, and in only the most guarded of terms.
After the JCPOA, the world needs Germany. But where is it? (Commentary)
Jonathan Hackenbroich - 30 May 2018
Germany could put some heft into defending the liberal international order. Yet it still declines to do so.
How to Save Europe (Commentary)
George Soros - 29 May 2018
Keynote speech at ECFR's Annual Council Meeting in Paris 29 May. 2018. Check against delivery.