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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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