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You hear it everywhere: "There's no going back to the good old days of the transatlantic relationship even if Biden wins". But is it true? A thread. First, the premise
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Belarus, Nagorno-Karabakh: The Kremlin seems to loose its iron grip on its neighborhood. This begs the question: How successful has Putin's foreign policy been? A thread. Starting point: Putin has
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EU foreign policy: ending the unanimity requirement by introducing some sort of majority voting (QMV) on foreign affairs has become the next holy grail in the debate. Quick thread.https://twitter.com/rdanielkelemen/status/130930879175475609
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China is a "strategic partner" on climate change, and Russia is an "indispensable partner" on Ukraine and Syria: we hear this every day in Europe. Yet China is heavily investing
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If we put „preventing democratization at home“ as the overarching goal of the regimes in Moscow and Beijing, everything Russia and China do abroad makes perfect sense.https://twitter.com/ulrichspeck/status/1280762404071235584 The altern
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It's very unfortunate that Macron and Merkel apparently couldn't agree on a joint position with regard to this major transatlantic event. Shows how far Berlin and Paris are away from
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If Germany would become a classical great power, it would clash with France, there would be no more EU in a meaningful sense. Germany‘s post-modernity the prerequisite for the existence
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German economist Thomas Straubhaar: ""Producing cars in China, thus frivolously jeopardizing intellectual property and technical advantages, cannot be considered sustainable".https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/future-of-our-glo
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A few first thoughts on the impact covid19 may have on politics -- thread. The most important impact will be the renaissance of the state. Many people suddenly depend on
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Macron turns against Nato's core mission: "Nato is an organisation of collective defense, against whom? … Is, as I hear sometimes, our enemy today Russia? Is it China? Is it
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When we discuss Russia these days we should not forget that it has attacked a peaceful neighbor without any legitimate reason, has annexed a part of its territory and occupies
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Two interesting bits here. Merkel telling Macron that she is fed up. https://twitter.com/StevenErlanger/status/1198164037621682178 And: "There are also concerns among allies that Mr. Macron is considering a speech about creating a
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