Interviews‘Too German, too Western European’ Uwe Optenhögel on the selection of the EU’s top brass and the consequences for the Union’s ability to act
China's new powerThe age of digital geopolitics Europe may well become the scene of a technological proxy war between the US and China By Annegret Bendiek, Nadine Godehardt, David Schulze
EuropeKeeping your word The EU should initiate accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania – because they are no guarantee of membership By Nils Schmid
GlobalFacebook’s Libra fails the Hayek test Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency would be highly risky for holders and a giant enrichment programme for the company By Peter Bofinger
EuropeBack to normal After ten years of crises, the result of the Greek elections sends a clear signal: the country wants to enter calmer waters By Ulrich Storck
EuropeMigrants, militias and the Mediterranean Sea Criminalising NGOs and relying on Libyan militias cannot make up for a European solution in the Central Mediterranean By Marco Funk
Latin AmericaA bad deal? Civil society looks at the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement as a defeat, not a victory — and now France threatens to block it By Susanne Stollreiter
China's new powerSouth Asia rivalry India needs to strike a fine balance with China, all the while recovering some lost ground in the South Asia region By Yubaraj Ghimire