The death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and the imminent arrival of Donald Trump as U.S. president offer Europeans a chance to reassess their approach to security.

If leaders and the general public understood the meaning of the new world being built around them, they would not find globalization so frightening.

It is Germany’s turn to help the United States understand the realities of power in post–Cold War Europe, rather than the other way around.

The German economy is out of balance with those of other EU member states. Increasingly, Germany’s strength is blamed for Europe’s woes.

Vladimir Putin may have done more to make Ukraine ready for the modern world than twenty years of EU preaching could ever have achieved.

As Germany’s global influence grows, there are calls for the country to accept more responsibility for international stability. Those demands will be disappointed.

Today’s Ukraine crisis shows parallels with events of the early 1980s. Then as now, at the heart of the problem is an unstable Russia that clings to its former big-power status.

Germany is not about to become a “better European” by altering its approach to the euro crisis. The world should get used to that and stop lambasting Berlin for its policies.

Why the former U.S. diplomat and business man thinks that Carnegie’s Moscow director is mistaken about Europe’s future with Russia.

Germany has thus far taken the lead in bankrolling and negotiating Europe’s bailout funds, but it remains to be seen if Berlin will play a similar role in tackling tough political reforms as the balance of power in Europe continues to shift.