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The IMF bargain

Europe must get beyond seeing the head of the International Monetary Fund as part of the spoils from Bretton Woods

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Dawn breaks on new era in EU-Russia relations

An EU focussed on itself currently lacks appetite for enlargement. That's why relations with Russia might enter a new era

By Fyodor Lukyanov

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Can multilateralism survive the Sino-American rivalry?

In great-power rivalries, international organisations need to facilitate cooperation toward specifically defined goals

By Ngaire Woods

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Russia's Iranian stakes

Why Moscow will not take part in placing Iran under more pressure. A Russian perspective on the nuclear dispute

By Andrey Baklitskiy

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A 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

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Trump hands China an easy win

How the the US president’s tough rhetoric in the trade war plays into Chinese economic nationalism

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EU-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 Artyom Shraibman

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The 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

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The 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

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Why 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