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Money Can’t Buy You Love – but Influence, Apparently

January 29, 2018 / Falk Hartig

China under Xi Jinping is deeply concerned with its global status and standing and aims to regain its deserved place on the global stage. This has dramatic consequences not only for China but for the rest of the world. One of the most important developments with regards to China has been the bold departure from […]

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The First Estonian Presidency of the EU: A Model Country Takes the Helm

June 30, 2017 / Frank Beauchamp

The Baltic country Estonia took over the EU presidency for the second half of 2017 from the United Kingdom after Britain relinquished its scheduled six-month stint due to the Brexit vote. For the small country with an excellent track record this is a great challenge in ambiguous times. The European Union, and the Western-led liberal-internationalist […]

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Talking Truth to Turkey

June 21, 2017 / Ludwig Schulz

How scientific analysis can help countering President Erdogan’s fake narrative of Turkey’s thriving democracy and why the European Union should reconsider its policy towards EU accession countries. In his official message for Europe Day on 9 May 2017, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that his country “which has been a part of Europe historically, […]

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Resist Trump Ralley, January 30, 2017. By Joe Crimmings via flickr.com. CC-BY-2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

As Populists Rise in the West, Arab Autocrats Rejoice

May 19, 2017 / Jan Claudius Völkel

The decay of democratic norms in European and U.S. policy-making plays into the hands of autocratic leaders in the Middle East and North Africa. While Prime Minister Theresa May officially announced the United Kingdom’s intention to leave the EU on 29 March 2017, and constant leaks and news from the White House about President Donald […]

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Serbia’s PM Vučić: Yet Another Populist Strongman?

April 02, 2017 / Justine Doody

Public desire for strong leadership might allow Serbia’s prime minister, Aleksandar Vučić, soon to become president. But will he be able to steer the country through the current tide of regional and domestic tensions? Serbia’s populist prime minister, Aleksandar Vučić, will stand in elections on 2 April in a bid to become the country’s third […]

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Picture: Cracked EU vs Russia flags. Ukrainian crisis conceptual image. Foto: Bröckelnde Flaggen der EU und Russland. — Cracked EU vs Russia flags. © MARTIN CAPEK / fotolia.com

EU-Russia Sanctions: An Unsteady Deadlock

December 21, 2016 / Frank Beauchamp

The European Union and Russia have been locked in an economic struggle over Ukraine for two years. With Donald Trump the next president of the United States, the West’s Russia policy might substantially change – and Europe’s Eastern policy is today more uncertain than ever. In July 2014, following Russia’s unilateral annexation of Crimea and […]

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No Blank Checks for Europe’s Populists

December 12, 2016 / Justine Doody

The populist turn in the West since the global economic crisis and the refugee crisis is undermining Europe’s liberal democratic model. But are illiberal ideals really as popular as they seem? From Donald Trump in the US to Viktor Orbán in Hungary, the forces of illiberal, nationalist populism are on the rise across the West. […]

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Putting the Fox in Charge of the Hen House?

July 26, 2016 / Hauke Hartmann

On July 1 Slovakia took over the EU Council Presidency. Until now the government led by Prime Minister Fico refuses to assume responsibility in the refugee situation and attracted attention with islamophobic and populist comments. Is it now able to play the intermediator in Europe? How strong is the consensus on values in present-day Europe? […]

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Hiring Bullies as Bouncers

April 20, 2016 / Jan Claudius Völkel

Facing record immigration numbers, the European Union has started to look into closer cooperation with governments in Africa. In the Khartoum Process, the EU intends to set the fox to keep the geese, as it is those governments’ actions that people are trying to run away from. This article is part of our “Migration & […]

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Money Can’t Buy You Love – but Influence, Apparently

The First Estonian Presidency of the EU: A Model Country Takes the Helm

Talking Truth to Turkey

As Populists Rise in the West, Arab Autocrats Rejoice

Serbia’s PM Vučić: Yet Another Populist Strongman?

EU-Russia Sanctions: An Unsteady Deadlock

No Blank Checks for Europe’s Populists

Putting the Fox in Charge of the Hen House?

Hiring Bullies as Bouncers

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