Commentary and Analysis

There appears to be a dawning realization that the agriculture sector may be part of the solution to climate change, rather than a problem to be solved, by drawing down and storing carbon in farmland.

The alliance between the United States and Europe is broken. That much became clear over three days of intensive discussions in Munich in February 2020.

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder looks at three big issues rising to the surface in German politics on the eve of her departure.

The Johnson government defied Washington and approved the use of Chinese technology as part of its 5G network.

President Donald Trump has come up with a new solution for the Middle East, “I think that NATO should be expanded, and we should include the Middle East."

Experts discuss the odd pairing of Austria's conservatives and climate activists and the lessons for the larger realignment of left-right politics in Europe.

Ian Klaus unpacks a French writer's short publication from 1975 and points out, "nearly half a century later, it's a remarkable document of what’s since changed, and also of what hasn't."

Overshadowed by global trade conflicts, the pending EU-Mercosur trade pact underlines the shifting global trade landscape away from a US-led international trade order.

The United Kingdom will now leave the European Union on Jan. 31, as scheduled. But it leaves open critical issues that will determine Britain's future.

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the countries of Eastern Europe remain free and independent. The bliss itself is long gone.