Newsroom – Page 17 – Dr Oliver Hartwich

A continent on the brink

18/12/2018

No matter where you look, Europe is facing serious challenges. The past two or three years after the end of the Greek crisis were a welcome respite for the troubled continent. But the next storm is not far away and it is likely to be worse than the ones before.

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Europe’s defence shambles

04/12/2018

Europe’s middling defence capacity is no match for the continent’s lofty political ambitions.

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When Brexit does not mean Brexit

20/11/2018

No matter what Britons voted for in the 2016 referendum, no-one can be happy with the draft Brexit agreement.

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The race to succeed Merkel

06/11/2018

The way it is going, Germany’s chancellor in early 2019 would no longer be called Merkel but Merz. That may sound similar. They even belong to the same party. But it would be a markedly different government.

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Merkel’s method has run its course

09/10/2018

German leader Angela Merkel rose from obscurity with no clear ideological platform thanks to a skill at jumping on and off bandwagons, but her run of luck is over.

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Brexit: an experiment in game theory

25/09/2018

Britain will inevitably exit the European Union, but hopes of a “smooth Brexit” are likely to be thwarted by the EU’s realisation that it’s in its interests to make it as messy as possible.

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The EU’s reverse Annie Hall problem

11/09/2018

“I’d never join a club that would accept me as a member,” says Woody Allen’s character in Annie Hall. With the European Union, it is the other way around: The EU would reject new members as anti-democratic as itself.

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Why the Old Continent still matters

29/08/2018

It is a daring experiment for Newsroom to let me explore the state of Europe. And it is ray of hope in our media environment to dedicate more space to international affairs.

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