The Globalist

Does Germany’s Chancellor really not understand the cynical ways in which Turkey’s President plays her? Is it naiveté – or appeasement?

A “Brexit light” would help heal the divisions of British society and lead to a more flexible EU.

U.S. history holds a lesson for Europe: Integration moves in waves.

Germany at a crossroad of domestic and foreign policy change.

Returning to the spirit of the 1930s is not a program for government.

Will the German Chancellor rely on a 1965 blues rock hit by The Animals to explain her course reversal on refugees?

Reflections on Merkel’s curious mixture of profound ethics paired with high-handedness and naiveté.

In the spirit of European cohesion, France will force Germany to change its refugee policy.

Will the Paris attacks legitimize extreme populist politics in the eyes of the EU public?

Seizing America’s “future preference” and having grown up behind the “Iron Curtain” help explain Merkel’s approach to the refugee crisis.