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
GlobalTrump hands China an easy win How the the US president’s tough rhetoric in the trade war plays into Chinese economic nationalism By Kevin Rudd
GlobalWhy the West needs the UN With hopes for a liberal peace fading, the West’s best option is to return to the UN’s collective security system By Michael von der Schulenburg
EuropeEU-Belarus relations have hit a wall Ten years after the launch of the Eastern Partnership, Minsk and Brussels look at an underwhelming track record By
Middle East/North AfricaA twisted game The US pushes Europe to designate the Lebanese Hizbollah as a terrorist organisation. But this only serves to pressure Iran By Heiko Wimmen
EuropePlaying by your own rules Why Europe should have long stopped selling arms to the Near and Middle East By Herbert Wulf
Interviews'Civil war is possible' Left-wing intellectual Edgardo Lander on the political crisis in Venezuela, the role of the US and the left's failure to learn
North AmericaThe US: An ‘Empire in Retreat’ In his new book, Victor Bulmer-Thomas argues that the US needs to accept its imperial decline and reinvent itself By Paul Hockenos
GlobalThe US-EU relationship in the Chinese Century In the near future, the transatlantic relationship will be marked by the rise of China. And the EU needs to be ready By Metin Hakverdi
EuropeWhy do Central European nationalists love Israel? Populist leaders in Central Europe view Israel as the model of how a small state could be sovereign and heroic By Ivan Krastev
