Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Instead of dismissing the nation as a thing of the past, Europe needs to learn from it and emulate its ability to create solidarity.
Despite German attempts to put the refugee crisis at the heart of debates at the 2016 Munich Security Conference, the issue that tops all others is Syria.
The first day of the 2016 Munich Security Conference was marked by little mention of the United States and by sharp differences between France and Germany.
Carnegie Europe was on the ground at the 2016 Munich Security Conference, offering readers exclusive access to the debates as they unfolded.
A new political manifesto contains a decent idea for the future of Europe, but it is buried in ideological babble, conspiracy theories, and moral grandstanding.
Political and business leaders will need to be more attuned to the new shape of global political risks, which have increased in a more interconnected world.
One reason for the EU’s foreign policy weakness is its inability to define the starting point of policymaking: the interests of those acting.
The European Union of tomorrow will be defined by more integrated foreign policy, the end of the euro, a more complete single market, and more realpolitik.
As 2015 comes to an end, Judy Dempsey and Jan Techau choose their winners and losers of the last twelve months in foreign policy.
The EU’s structural underperformance in classic foreign policy is unlikely to end anytime soon. Being an occasional power is as much a state of affairs as it is a state of mind.
