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Can Europe’s Liberal Order Survive as the Memory of War Fades?

Today, no one is fighting anymore. His great-niece lives in France but works in Germany, crossing the border her ancestors died fighting over without even noticing it. It is this era of peace and bord... read more

Merkel’s exit could shake up Europe

Ever one to do things on her own terms, Angela Merkel’s announcement that she would not be seeking re ... attention (and is regularly used by those on the right elsewhere in Europe to warn what the re... read more

The Trump campaign’s hoarding and self-dealing hurt the GOP in the midterms.

While many congressional Republicans had fundraising difficulties this year, President Donald Trump remained a champion at raising ... of Psy Group were used or not. In early 2017, the trio ... read more

Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK

“We are not against any group ... military targets across the border in Iran and helped Saddam suppress his own domestic enemies. But after siding with Saddam – who indiscriminately bombed Iranian cit... read more

A new era of cross-border trade

“You do not have a monopoly on Canadian patriotism,” said Mulroney. Three decades later, the optics of entering into agreements with other countries to reduce trade barriers does not appear to be cont... read more

Choose: open borders or the welfare State?

I argue against open borders in a ... t make top headlines anymore. …In a period of two weeks earlier this year, five explosions took place in the country. It’s not unusual these days. read more

Austria and Germany Need to Rethink Their National Security Strategies

While there may be a collective sense in Vienna and Berlin that security has worsened in Europe and the world, Russia is not seen as a major security threat. I used to take the train ... troops to the ... read more

Trump is still smarting from his visit to France.

But it was Germany in World Wars One & Two - How did that work out for France? They were starting to learn German in Paris before the U.S. came along. Pay for NATO or not! The problem is that ... read more

An (Almost) Comprehensive History of Rat Kings

November 1899: A ratpack of seven crosses the border ... Germany. It is preserved (not so alive) and later disappears. March 1918: The rat king takes a vacation to Bogor, Java! Not only is this weave ... read more

POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by EPP Group: Brexit deal — Europe’s problem children — Derailed!

Big reveal: The “temporary” U.K.-EU customs union at the center of the deal, which the Brits see as a stop-gap measure to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland, will be used as leverage ... the imag... read more

Is this the beginning of the end for Merkel?

Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, used to be ... of Klinsmann that Germany did not play a 4-4-2 formation in the 2006 World Cup. Merkel’s passion for football is well-known. When she and her fello... read more

Cabinet Brexiters 'hope to get May to renegotiate backstop' - Politics live

The idea of playing politics on such an important issue when the option is a no deal which would be pretty calamitous, not just for us but the rest of Europe as ... that the border between Northern Ir... read more