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We need to pay closer attention to Svalbard
Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, the author of the award-winning “Goodbye Globalization” and a regular columnist for POLITICO. What happens in Svalbard doesn’t look like...
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What Signalgate really tells us
Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s From Across the Pond...
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Trump would only help a neighbor for profit
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. In December 1940, then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt explained the thinking behind his plan to lend and lease wartime supplies and equipment...
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For Europe’s populists, Trump is a mixed blessing
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. U.S. President Donald Trump and his ideological allies in Europe are confident the future is on their side — that they can surf an historic wave...
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India could help save an aging Europe
Anchal Vohra is a Brussels-based international affairs commentator. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen beamed as she stood next to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The two leaders...
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How Trump cost America the world
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. “America is lost!” a distressed King George III had noted, reviewing the causes and consequences of the American Revolution. But will today’s...
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The US brain drain has begun
John Kampfner is a British author, broadcaster and commentator. His latest book “In Search of Berlin” is published by Atlantic. He is a regular POLITICO columnist. Every empire, real or imagined,...
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Voters are the only ones who could stop Trump’s tariff game
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. WASHINGTON — So, it turns out U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t a master of the universe after all. And as the real masters — the bond vigilantes,...
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Le Pen is down but not out
Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice. He tweets at @Mij_Europe. On March 31, a political earthquake shook France: Far-right opposition politician Marine Le Pen was found...
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Making excuses for Putin
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Hours after 35 civilians were killed and more than a hundred wounded in a Russian ballistic missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, United...
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We started checking Russian shadow vessel insurance. Now what?
Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, the author of the award-winning “Goodbye Globalization” and a regular columnist for POLITICO. Last December, just days before the shadow...
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Trump may get a nuclear deal — on Iran’s terms
Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s From Across the Pond...
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The complex legacy of Pope Francis
The complex legacy of Pope Francis His was a dramatic papacy, frustrating conservatives and progressives alike. Beloved by the faithful, he leaves behind a divided Church. By BEN MUNSTER and HANNAH...
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MAGA vs. Pope Francis
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. During U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s brief meeting with the mortally ailing Pope Francis last week, he said he’d been praying for the pontiff’s...
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An ugly Ukraine deal was predictable — but this will merely pause Russia’s...
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Donald Trump will complete his first 100 days in office this week. But despite the U.S. president’s campaign boast about how easily he could settle...
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Will Merz spring Germany into action?
John Kampfner is a British author, broadcaster and commentator. His latest book “In Search of Berlin” is published by Atlantic. He is a regular POLITICO columnist. Germany is good at doing things...
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France could now prove the weak link in the Franco-German engine
Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice. He tweets at @Mij_Europe. After a humiliating two-round vote, Friedrich Merz is Germany’s new chancellor. And upon taking office, one of...
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The shadow fleet was bad — now the renegade fleet has arrived
Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, the author of the award-winning “Goodbye Globalization” and a regular columnist for POLITICO. The shadow fleet is a scourge. And ever since...
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The risks of being of associated with Trump
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. A backlash against U.S.-style MAGA politics is being credited for powering the wins of Australia’s center-left Labor Party and Canada’s Liberals in...
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Trump’s Gulf tour doesn’t bode well for Israel
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. When U.S. President Donald Trump won his reelection bid last year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his aides were relieved. Indeed, a...
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Bayrou’s government is one step away from collapse
Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice. He tweets at @Mij_Europe. France’s parliament is back, and along with it are Prime Minister François Bayrou’s many political problems —...
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Can Zelenskyy convince Trump that Putin is stringing him along?
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. In the surreal dance Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin have been engaged in for months, both want Donald Trump to see the other as the obstacle...
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Gig model of Russian subversion is a nightmare for Western intelligence services
Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, the author of the award-winning “Goodbye Globalization” and a regular columnist for POLITICO. Who set fire to the Marywilska 44 shopping mall...
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The missile math just isn’t in Ukraine’s favor
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. “Probably the worst day in the history of the Russian air force.” This is how the Ukrainian military described its barrage of drone attacks on...
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Can Merz have an effective foreign policy?
John Kampfner is a British author, broadcaster and commentator. His latest book “In Search of Berlin” is published by Atlantic. He is a regular POLITICO columnist. “He’s a very good man to deal with....
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Will Netanyahu never learn?
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Is it possible Winston Churchill might have approved of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arming criminal militia-cum-clans opposed to Hamas...
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Would a nuclear deal be enough to satisfy Bibi now?
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Benjamin Netanyahu chose his moment well to strike Iran. His right-wing governing coalition came close to falling apart midweek over the contentious...
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Trump’s political offensive on European allies will have long-lasting...
Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s From Across the Pond...
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NATO survives another day
Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s From Across the Pond...
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Involve young people in reshaping military service
Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, the author of the award-winning “Goodbye Globalization” and a regular columnist for POLITICO. Germany needs to significantly expand its armed...
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Macron’s succession problem
Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice. He tweets at @Mij_Europe. France’s 2027 presidential race is wide open. The country’s last five or six elections all had surprises and...
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