Foreign and security policy | 11.05.2026 The return of Dr Strangelove Trump’s troop withdrawal and missile U-turn in Germany are symptoms of a far bigger danger: the revival of nuclear confrontation politics
Foreign and security policy | 27.10.2025 The threat of nuclear Armageddon The risk of nuclear conflict is higher today than ever before. The time is now to revive stalled efforts towards disarmament and arms control
Foreign and security policy | 01.07.2025 One thing is certain Negotiations are the only way to permanently end Iran’s nuclear programme
Democracy and society | 06.09.2024 Crisis of the liberal order Global institutions such as the International Criminal Court are being widely criticised. Yet, they are sorely needed in times of great power rivalry
Interviews | 20.01.2022 ‘A policy of détente for this day and age’ In the long term, Europe needs a security architecture that goes beyond two opposing blocs, argues German social-democratic MP Rolf Mützenich
Foreign and security policy | 15.05.2020 Germany and nuclear sharing In these critical times funds are limited and we must have a serious debate on every expense — including military expenses
Global | 14.12.2018 The return of nuclear thinking The US's planned withdrawal from the INF Treaty threatens to trigger a new nuclear arms race in Europe
Europe | 19.09.2018 Bombing is not a strategy Why Germany should not take part in retaliatory strikes on Syria
Transatlantic relations | 12.12.2017 Will the EU-US relationship ever be the same again? On yearning for life without Donald Trump
Opinion | 27.10.2017 Europe must find its own approach to Iran Why we cannot rely on American diplomacy in the row over the nuclear deal.
Foreign and security policy | 26.05.2017 The autocrat club The perils of a few powerful men carving up the world among themselves
Defence or deficit? The Baltics are boosting defence spending like never before. But the economic and political fallout is hard to ignore
'Many in the Arab world are fed up with western finger-pointing' Middle East expert Nadim Rai on the Arab world's perspective on the World Cup and the boycott debate in the West
Beyond wellbeing and self-care One in four people in the EU experiences mental health issues. Though a major milestone, the EU’s new approach to mental health still lacks efficacy