This article examines the implications and solutions to the twin problems of Russian interference and right-wing populism in the US and Europe. In 2016, right-wing populism woke up a sleeping world. Frustration about economic, political, and cultural marginalization created an unlikely alliance of union workers, suburban moms, and heartland residents who pushed Donald J. Trump […]
In Russian newspapers “the West” is a term that is being used quite frequently. Even though it is applied in very different contexts and to describe various states or international organizations such as NATO or EU, the message it implies is always the same: “the West” is that hostile part of the world which is […]
Our open societies are under attack. And unfortunately, both from the outside and from within. After the end of history, as the fall of the Berlin Wall and the ending Cold War were enthusiastically branded, history did not stop. A short period of peace and stability – at least in the Western Hemisphere – ended […]
It’s time to separate the rhetoric from reality. The awkward public exchanges between Angela Merkel and Donald Trump—despite the hyperbolic reactions on both sides of the Atlantic—should not change the strategic partnership between the US and Germany. On the contrary, a window of unique opportunity exists to redefine the US-German partnership as the “special relationship” […]