NATO, Tariffs and the Slow Divorce of the Atlantic Alliance
The United States is no longer simply asking Europe to spend more on defence. It is starting to make Europe pay for disobedience. Donald Trump’s...
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Europe’s Strategic Folly Comes Due
Europe is once again discovering that moral postures are not an energy policy. For years, the continent congratulated itself on its virtue, mistaking dependency for...
Ford’s Ghost, China’s Factory: The Capital War Moves to Europe
Ford’s Cologne plant has been welded into the Rhine’s industrial skyline since 1931, a monument to the American century, when the United States exported not...
Germany: From Export Engine to Tariff Casualty
Germany’s economy shrank more than first reported in the second quarter, as its once-mighty manufacturers struggled under the weight of US tariffs, the latest chapter...
Friedrich Merz Becomes Chancellor—Eventually—But With Limping Authority and a Red Face
It took Friedrich Merz two tries, a parliamentary wobble, and a fair dose of political theatre, but the 69-year-old conservative finally secured the Bundestag’s blessing...
Ukraine: the collapse of the European Union
Just when European leaders thought things couldn’t get worse, Donald Trump decided to call Vladimir Putin, effectively launching peace negotiations without so much as a...
Europe’s Energy crisis: Déjà Vu
Europe is once again teetering on the edge of an energy crisis as natural gas prices hit a two-year high, proving that short-term thinking and...
Germany’s Great Decline
Germany has reached a point of no return. Business leaders are keenly aware, and the public feels the strain, yet the politicians remain curiously paralysed....
Germany’s Political Chaos: Will Europe’s Powerhouse Become Its Weak Link?
Germany is heading for early elections this February, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) agreed with opposition MPs, setting the stage for a showdown...