The Globalist

Why do we Germans learn so little from very relevant Asian countries in fighting the pandemic?

Open restaurants will lift the spirits of society as a whole. That is especially important for the young.

The EU tends to move more slowly — but it does get its act together.

As much as the current German government would wish otherwise, the North Stream 2 pipeline controversy continues to threaten European unity as well as transatlantic solidarity.

The EU’s patience to throw Italy yet another lifeline after the current one is rapidly vanishing.

What US and German political transitions mean for China relations.

Surprisingly, Germany’s veteran Chancellor is replicating Gerhard Schröder’s moves to poison the transatlantic relationship — in her case by eagerly doing China’s bidding inside the EU.

Boris Johnson faces new challenges to British sovereignty, as global power shifts, tiny yet relevant, have returned in the aftermath of Brexit.

The UK needs to realize that cutting trade links with the continent has always been dumb — whether for Napoleon in December 1807 or Johnson in December 2020.

An exhausted British Prime Minister simply can’t fight on two fronts.