Politics

China Strikes Back
Mark Leonard cites poll figures showing that most Britons would like to rejoin the European Union. But are the EU leaders ready for such a turn of events.
Ten Years After Brexit, Britons Are Against It – but the EU and UK Are on Different Paths Now
This is how experts of the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation assess the opposition’s prospects in France.
The Election to the French Senate Could Strengthen the National Rally Before the Presidential Election
Shannon K. O’Neil argues that the European Union and the United States use different approaches to the reshaping of the global trade system.
Europe Writes Fine Agreements Again While China Conquers New Markets
Erik Jones suggests stripping Europe of its peoples – with a test-tube homunculus of ‘European identity’ to be grown instead.
EU Reformers Dissatisfied with Europeans
In courting Taiwan, the EU risks losing access to the PRC’s bottomless market.
The European Union and Two Chinas
Tuomas Forsberg examines in detail how drastically Helsinki’s Baltic Sea policy has changed after Finland joined NATO
Finland Switches from Engagement to Deterrence, But Stability Is Still Fragile
Experts of the French Committee for the Study of Franco-German Relations find this in their report.
China Is Far Greater a Systemic Threat to Germany than the USA or Russia
Sahasranshu Dash makes this conclusion in his article posted on the website of the Foreign Policy in Focus think tank
Political Instability, Government Turnover Lead to Failure of ‘Global Britain’ Idea
It No Longer Loves America But Has to Maintain Their Uneasy Relationship.
Europe Remains Dependent on the USA
In a policy brief for the Clingendael research center Wouter Zweers examines two recent informal documents from European countries on EU enlargement
Europe More Wary of New Members Than Ready to Change
In a Project Syndicate article entitled Beyond Brexit – and Back to Europe Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, argues that in the ten years after the Brexit referendum, public opinion on both sides of the English Channel has undergone a remarkable shift.
Public Opinion Already Wants to Rejoin EU, with Politicians Still Wary