The Globalist

The big prize being eyed by the anti-European and xenophobic parties are the elections to the European Parliament next May.

With Brexit, the British government remains depressingly out of touch with the world.

Do the disgusting comments Boris Johnson hurled at Theresa May finally mark the end of Boris Johnson’s career in British politics? Might emigration to Trump’s America be his only option?

Timothy Garton Ash is wrong: Insisting that EU rules be followed on Brexit is neither an act of stubbornness nor a matter of vindictiveness. It is a matter of European statecraft.

There are signs of the beginning of a reset in German relations with Russia. But serious impediments to a pragmatic relationship remain.

A German as head of the European Commission? If this is unstoppable, leave the German man who is lined up for the post in Berlin. Instead, send a powerful German woman to Brussels.

Why it is in Germany’s own self-interest to take Donald Trump’s policy impulses on trade and defense seriously.

Is Turkey entering a deep financial crisis just as Greece exits one?

The convergence of Russian-Turkish interests is likely only of a temporary nature.

In the age of Trump, the EU must strive toward ending its psychological and emotional dependency on the U.S. and be prepared to act unilaterally and independently.