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Together, France and Germany can live up to the daunting responsibility of coordinating their growing defense budgets in a way that benefits Europe.
Amid indecision and confusion from U.S. President Donald Trump, the EU should recommit to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Talk of a European nuclear deterrent might be welcome in Washington, but such a scheme would do very little to help Europe tackle the biggest challenges it faces.
A European Security Council based on the U.S. model could do wonders for the development of a European strategic community beyond the policy wonks in the Brussels bubble.
Ankara faces a number of foreign policy challenges, from the war in Syria to relations with the West. In each case, Turkey’s options are determined by domestic priorities.
The EU treaties allow willing and capable member states to cooperate more closely on defense. But it is hard to believe that this mechanism will add much to EU security efforts.
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has become Europe’s ultimate deal maker, by trying to keep his options open with the EU while not letting Russia take him for granted.
As the 2017 Munich Security Conference draws to a close, it is clear that the future of the EU will be determined largely in Washington and Paris.
The transatlantic relationship is not only about military spending; it is also about protecting values.
Diplomats, professors, and parliamentarians at the Munich Security Conference weigh in on a very troubled transatlantic relationship.
European governments have had enough of U.S. haranguing but still have different views about defense and security.
The United States is piling on the pressure on its European allies to spend more on defense and begin to take counterterrorism seriously.
A heated discussion at the Munich Security Conference about Europe’s future showed the union’s vitality and its disunity.
Courage and leadership from democratic governments could pull the West back from disarray and growing irrelevance.
Carnegie Europe was on the ground at the 2017 Munich Security Conference, offering readers exclusive access to the debates as they unfolded.
As territorial defense and counterterrorism rise to the top of NATO’s agenda, these two issues offer the alliance an opportunity to develop a shared strategic vision.
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Spending more on defense would boost NATO’s capabilities and reputation. But the alliance’s real weakness is its loss of institutional memory.
A new survey highlights the views of people displaced by the conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.
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