The Globalist

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.

It may take a further rise in Italian bond yields to remind the populist government’s leaders in Rome that their room for maneuver to operate with more debt is very limited.

A deep Turkish recession could lead to more migrants leaving Turkey for the EU. Currently more than three million Syrian refugees are living in Turkey.

Additional designations of Erdogan’s cronies would hurt the Turkish strongman’s warchest.

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

Though UK voters have changed their tune on Brexit, there is little chance that it will be reversed.

The German government should not need any exhortations from the U.S. President to raise its level of defense spending.

No longer a prime meridian country, the former empire still reigns with a dozen time zones.

Cultural and natural heritage is important to all of us. But we are doing ourselves a disservice if we allow national interests to come before quality.