A China strategy to reunite America’s allies
Global pressure will be required to push back against China’s harmful trade practices, including state subsidies and intellectual property theft.
Kingmaker maneuvers behind the men vying to succeed Germany's Merkel
The conservative leader favoured by German voters isn't even running in this week's contest to head up Angela Merkel's party, but he aims to play a pivotal role in determining its candidate to succeed her as chancellor, party sources say. He may even take on ...
The global death toll from COVID-19 passed 2 million on Friday, with the World Health Organization (WHO) urging mass vaccinations as the pandemic progresses at a record rate. As late Friday, at least 2,000,066 people worldwide had been confirmed dead of the virus that first ...
Europe after Brexit and COVID-19
But, Brexit aside, the EU is also divided internally over economic policy, the rule of law, and the separation of powers.
Merkel’s party, due to pick a new leader, is torn after years of stability
A two-day convention that starts Friday to elect a new leader can go two ways: kick-start a process of renewal or usher in a period of stagnation and decline.
Despite much naysaying, Europeans not only stuck together during the COVID-19 crisis, but grew together, forging a more cohesive bloc.
A global recovery’s leading variables
Questions remain whether the EU and the U.S. will enact recovery programs of the magnitude needed to restore the global economy, and if the developing world will get the support it needs.
Climate action is embedding into how the world works
Positive developments in 2020 are perhaps a strong sign that climate action is starting to be "institutionalized.”
Japan and U.S. to boost defense ties with Europe in Indo-Pacific
In 2021, the U.K. will deploy an aircraft carrier and its strike group to East Asia, France will dispatch a naval vessel to Japan and Germany will send a frigate to the Indian Ocean.
EU’s ‘climate leader’ explains why 2020 has left him optimistic
The author of one of the most ambitious climate plans in the European Union says 2020 was a turning point that’s left him optimistic about the future of the planet. Although the year showed the scale of the effort needed — with temperatures rising despite ...
Brexit’s silver lining for Europe
The bloc has in some ways been galvanized by the trauma of the drawn out divorce, overcoming long-standing obstacles and lifting its ambitions.
London and Brussels reached a compromise that will see European boats gradually relinquish 25% of their current quotas during a five-and-a-half-year transition period.
