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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

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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

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Modi’s mixed bag

Pushing a Hindu nationalist agenda at home, Indian PM Narenda Modi's foreign policy relies on multilateral cooperation

By Herbert Wulf

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Déjà vu?

The West tries to bring about regime change in Caracas. But it must stop before Venezuela turns into another Syria

By Michael Lüders

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Ukraine's anti-establishment upset

TV star and political newcomer Volodymyr Zelenskiy won the first round of Ukraine's presidential elections by a wide margin

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Ukraine lives

Karl Schlögel’s 'Ukraine' is an eloquent plea for the country’s sovereignty and Europe’s responsibility to respect it

By Paul Hockenos