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What is the state of the relationship between France and Germany, and does the German-French couple still “lead” the European construction? With Brexit, would this domination become a problem for the Union and the Transatlantic Alliance? In this episode of .think Atlantic, IRI’s Thibault Muzergues and his guests Hans Kundnani debate all these questions - and many more. Hans Kundnani is an author and think-tanker and currently serves as Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, Britain’s Royal Institute of International Affairs. Before this, he worked at the European Council on Foreign Relations and the German Marshall Fund. Hans also writes for foreign-policy journals including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Internationale Politik, Berlin Policy Journal, and The Washington Quarterly. He is the author of The Paradox of German Power (2014) (https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-paradox-of-german-power/) Find Hans on Twitter at @hanskundnani Find Thibault on Twitter at @tmuzergues Visit IRI’s website at www.iri.org

Episode 8 — World, Interrupted: the Coronavirus’s Effect on International Affairs The eighth episode of the Berlin Policy Journal Podcast looks at the present state of international affairs during the pandemic, and what’s likely to be its outcome, particularly in Europe. To begin, we speak with British journalist and author David Goodhart of London think tank Policy Exchange, who argues for taking a step back from what he describes as hyper-globalization. Then, Berlin Policy Journal executive editor Henning Hoff is joined by Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Senior Fellow at the Asia program of the German Council on Foreign Relations, or DGAP to discuss how the Europe-China relationship is changing in the wake of aggressive behavior and disinformation from Beijing. Formerly a correspondent based in Hong Kong, Didi has firsthand experience of getting in China’s crosshairs. Finally, we end with an audio postcard from Jacob Mardell, who has been covering China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative. His Beijing-to-Brussels travel on the New Silk Road was interrupted by the global pandemic. Now back in the UK, he reflects on what might be next for China’s relationship with the rest of the world. ————————————
 The Berlin Policy Journal is a bi-monthly digital magazine on European affairs, edited in Germany’s capital and published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). It’s the sister publication of Internationale Politik, Germany’s leading foreign affairs magazine. You can read the Berlin Policy Journal on our website, berlinpolicyjournal.com/ or receive it free of charge via our app for Android and iOS devices.
 
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“Sicherheitshalber” ist der Podcast zur sicherheitspolitischen Lage in Deutschland, Europa und der Welt. In Folge 28 sprechen Thomas Wiegold, Ulrike Franke, Frank Sauer und Carlo Masala über die Frage, ob die Bundeswehr bewaffnete Drohnen bekommen soll oder nicht. Da vor der entsprechenden Beschaffungsentscheidung im Bundestag eine breite gesellschaftliche Debatte geführt werden soll, schlüsseln die vier Podcaster die entscheidenden Argumente pro und contra systematisch auf, in der Hoffnung, dass die HörerInnen sich so schneller eine eigene fundierte Meinung bilden können. Abschließend dann wie immer der “Sicherheitshinweis”, der kurze Fingerzeig auf aktuelle, sicherheitspolitisch einschlägige Themen und Entwicklungen - diesmal mit neuen Zahlen zu weltweiten Rüstungsausgaben, neuen Entwicklungen mit Blick auf 5G in Deutschland, neuen Kampfhandlungen in Kaschmir und der neuen Wehrbeauftragten des Deutschen Bundestages. Bewaffnete Drohnen für die Bundeswehr: 00:03:17 1. Erhöhen bewaffnete Drohnen den Schutz eigener Soldaten? 00:13:19 2. Gibt es höhere Kollateralschäden durch bewaffnete Drohnen? 00:19.54 3. Verursacht die Beschaffung bewaffneter Drohnen eine Aufrüstungsspirale/ein globales Wettrüsten? 00:32:37 4. Sinkt durch bewaffnete Drohnen die Hemmschwelle zur Anwendung militärischer Gewalt? Werden durch die Existenz bewaffneter Drohnen Konflikte wahrscheinlicher? 00:41:52 5. Entmenschlicht die Steuerung von Drohnen den Piloten? 00:47:10 Rechtliche Fragen: 00:53:55 6. Verstößt der Einsatz bewaffneter Drohnen gegen Völkerrecht? 7. Gilt der Parlamentsvorbehalt auch bei Drohneneinsätzen? 8. Ist es ethisch vertretbar Menschen mittels bewaffneter Drohnen zu töten? 01:04:30 9. Sind Drohnen der erste Schritt zu autonomer Kriegsführung? 01:13:16 Sicherheitshinweise: 01:22:12 Grimme Online Award Publikumspreis: https://w1.grimme-online-award.de/goa/voting/ext_voting.pl Unser Shop: https://shop.spreadshirt.de/sicherheitshalbershop Erwähnte Literatur Thema 1 - Die (alte/neue) Debatte um bewaffnete Drohnen für die Bundeswehr Dokumentation: Drohnendebatte im BMVg, Augen geradeaus!, 11.05.2020 https://augengeradeaus.net/2020/05/dokumentation-drohnendebatte-im-bmvg/ New America Foundation - World of Drones https://www.newamerica.org/international-security/reports/world-drones/ Ulrike Franke, Killerroboter? Es geht auch anders, Die Zeit, 14.4. 2018, https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2018-04/kampfdrohnen-luftwaffe-spd-union-debatte Thomas Wiegold, Kai Biermann, “Drohnen - Chancen und Gefahren einer neuen Technik”, Ch. Links Verlag, 2015 https://www.christoph-links-verlag.de/index.cfm?view=3&titel_nr=818 Frank Sauer, Einstiegsdrohnen: Zur deutschen Diskussion um bewaffnete unbemannte Luftfahrzeuge, Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik 3/2014 https://www.springerprofessional.de/einstiegsdrohnen-zur-deutschen-diskussion-um-bewaffnete-unbemann/6061512 Thomas Wiegold, Von der Leyen will Parlamentsentscheid über „wann und wie“ bei möglichen Kampfdrohnen-Einsätzen, Augen geradeaus!, 11.1.2014 https://augengeradeaus.net/2014/01/von-der-leyen-will-parlamentsentscheid-uber-wann-und-wie-bei-moglichen-kampfdrohnen-einsatzen/ Ulrike Franke Red Herring & Black Swan: Droned Out, Berlin Policy Journal, September/October 2018, https://berlinpolicyjournal.com/red-herring-black-swan-droned-out/ Sicherheitshinweise Rike: SIPRI Daten zu weltweiten Rüstungsausgaben https://www.sipri.org/publications/2020/sipri-fact-sheets/trends-world-military-expenditure-2019 Frank: 5G https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/it-sicherheitsgesetz-2-0-fall-huawei-innenministerium-will-vertrauenswuerdigkeit-von-5g-ausruestern-pruefen/25820820.html?ticket=ST-1467932-WH4YdVPPasJyi49BkT6F-ap6 Carlo: Kashmir https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/indien-rebellenchef-in-unruheregion-kaschmir-getoetet.2932.de.html?drn:news_id=1128071 Thomas: Neue Wehrbeauftragte https://augengeradeaus.net/2020/05/bundestag-waehlt-hoegl-zur-neuen-wehrbeauftragten/

In today’s episode, we investigate the complexities of Sino-Italian relations, which over the last few weeks—like a focusing lens—brought together many interesting topics: the outbreak of COVID-19, China’s disinformation campaigns, Euroscepticism, and wider discussions on EU solidarity. There’s really a lot to unpack here. Fortunately, we are joined by an expert in the field.Lucrezia Poggetti is an Analyst at the Berlin-based MERICS, a leading European think tank focused on China. She researches EU-China relations and China’s public diplomacy strategies in Europe, and also has experience working on China’s domestic policies at the EU Delegation to the PRC. Her works have been widely published by, among others: The Diplomat, China File, Project Syndicate, Il Sole 24 Ore, and the Berlin Policy Journal. Being Italian, she frequently comments on Sino-Italian relations and can help us shed light on the rapidly changing dynamics of Italian-Chinese interactions.More at: euchinahub.comPhoto credit: ©MERICS/Marco Urban

Episode 7 — Coronavirus hits Europe’s Economy & Refugees in Greece   The seventh episode of the Berlin Policy Journal Podcast explores the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the European economy and its existing migrant situation. We start with a conversation with Marcel Fratzscher, the president of the German Institute for Economic Research, or DIW Berlin. He is one of Germany’s leading economists, and joins Berlin Policy Journal executive editor Henning Hoff to discuss the economic impact and possible EU solutions. With everyone focused on fighting the pandemic, it’s easy to forget that some crises at Europe’s borders are continuing, virus or no virus. The situation of refugees and migrants trapped at the Greek-Turkish border and on Greek islands has been made worse by the pandemic. For a first-person look, we hear from Chiara Tormen, who works on the Greek island of Samos as a translator for the medical NGO Med’EqualiTeam. She sent us her impressions of the situation refugees find themselves in. Finally, Mona Lou Günnewig who works with the German Council on Foreign Relations’ Migration Program explains what led to the escalation at the Greek-Turkish border, and what might come next in this dire situation. ———————————— The Berlin Policy Journal is a bi-monthly digital magazine on European affairs, edited in Germany’s capital and published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). It’s the sister publication of Internationale Politik, Germany’s leading foreign affairs magazine. You can read the Berlin Policy Journal on our website,  berlinpolicyjournal.com/ or receive it free of charge via our app for Android and iOS devices.
 
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Episode 6 —  Russia, the Threatening Neighbor   For our sixth episode of the Berlin Policy Journal Podcast, we look at Russia’s role in the trouble spots surrounding Europe, and explore its actions as the threatening neighbor in international relations.    First, Swedish-American scholar Anders Åslund from the Washington-based think tank the Atlantic Council puts Vladimir Putin’s recent moves into perspective.   Then, Koerber Foundation’s Liana Fix assesses Emmanuel Macron’s attempts to take the fast lane to Moscow, and the effects this has on Germany’s Russia policy.   For the view from Europe, we turn to DGAP colleague Milan Nič, who gives us an overview of the next steps the EU is planning to take vis-à-vis its troublesome neighbor.   Finally, host and Berlin Policy Journal executive editor Henning Hoff speaks with BPJ editor Noah Gordon about how the decline of fossil fuels will fundamentally reshape geopolitics with Russia and other nations.  ———————————— The Berlin Policy Journal is a bi-monthly digital magazine on European affairs, edited in Germany’s capital and published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). It’s the sister publication of Internationale Politik, Germany’s leading foreign affairs magazine. You can read the Berlin Policy Journal on our website https://berlinpolicyjournal.com/ or receive it free of charge via our app for Android and iOS devices.
 
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Episode 5 — Germany in Active Mode?  In this fifth episode of the Berlin Policy Journal Podcast, we explore whether Germany is ready to take a more active role in foreign policy. Starting with January’s Berlin Libya Conference, looking forward to the Munich Security Council, and then ahead to summer when Germany will take over the rotating EU presidency, the country is being pushed to take the lead. In fact, the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell, went as far as to say, “Nothing can be done without Germany.”  To discuss whether the country is truly ready for action, host and Berlin Policy Journal executive editor Henning Hoff sits down with the director of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Daniela Schwarzer, who also wrote the article “Weaponizing the Economy” in the current issue of the Berlin Policy Journal. We also have a chat with Rainer Rudolph, a German diplomat who worked on a previous German EU presidency; he’s currently on a think-tank sabbatical with DGAP.  ------------------------ The Berlin Policy Journal is a bi-monthly digital magazine on European affairs, edited in Germany’s capital and published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). It’s the sister publication of Internationale Politik, Germany’s leading foreign affairs magazine. You can read the Berlin Policy Journal on our website berlinpolicyjournal.com/ or receive it free of charge via our app for Android and iOS devices.   Contact us with questions or suggestions: podcast@berlinpolicyjournal.com

In this fourth episode of the Berlin Policy Journal Podcast, we look at the idea of “Frenemies” in foreign policy. The term “Frenemies” sounds contemporary, but it’s actually about 70 years old, and was first coined as a comment on US-Russian relations. The “World of Frenemies” is explored in the newest edition of the Berlin Policy Journal, available in our app and online at berlinpolicyjournal.com. For the podcast, host and Berlin Policy Journal executive editor Henning Hoff speaks first with Jörg Lau, foreign editor of weekly DIE ZEIT, who presents the lay of the Frenemies landscape from a German perspective. Then, we broaden our view to explore a Frenemy a bit further from home. Some critics say Europeans are underestimating the threat from China. This view is becoming more pressing as the country is poised to take a leading role in developing the 5G mobile network technology in Germany. To decode this, we’re joined by Janka Oertel, Asia Director at the European Council on Foreign Relations, or ECFR. Finally, we receive a New Silk Road audio postcard from our correspondent Jacob Mardell, who is traveling from Brussels and Beijing and back to document China’s massive Belt and Road initiative that links the Eurasian super-continent. ------------------------ The Berlin Policy Journal is a bi-monthly digital magazine on European affairs, edited in Germany’s capital and published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). It’s the sister publication of Internationale Politik, Germany’s leading foreign affairs magazine.   You can read the Berlin Policy Journal on our website https://berlinpolicyjournal.com/ or receive it free of charge via our app for Android and iOS devices.   Contact us with questions or suggestions: podcast@berlinpolicyjournal.com

In this third episode of the Berlin Policy Journal Podcast, we focus on Angela Merkel.    What will be the legacy of Germany’s long-serving chancellor? Who will be her successors, and what lies ahead for Germany at home and abroad?    To explore these questions, host and Berlin Policy Journal executive editor Henning Hoff spoke to Tyson Barker, program director and senior fellow at the Aspen Institute Germany. He explains that some of the policies and values we now associate with Germany are actually characteristics of Merkel herself.    For an additional perspective on Merkel’s legacy, we dropped in on Constanze Stelzenmüller of the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. She is perhaps the most prolific – and often entertaining – “Germany explainer” there is in the United States. She tells us how Angela Merkel served as a role model to many women, while at the same time she has disappointed recently on certain political issues.    ------------------------ The Berlin Policy Journal is a bi-monthly digital magazine on European affairs, edited in Germany’s capital and published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). It’s the sister publication of Internationale Politik, Germany’s leading foreign affairs magazine.   You can read the Berlin Policy Journal on our website  berlinpolicyjournal.com or receive it free of charge via our app for Android and iOS devices.   Contact us with questions or suggestions: podcast@berlinpolicyjournal.com

In this second episode of the Berlin Policy Journal Podcast, we look at the possibility of a “geopolitical European Union” — as promised by incoming EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.   Host and Berlin Policy Journal executive editor Henning Hoff speaks with Jana Puglierin, head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), to find out what needs to happen to transform the EU into a player on the world stage.    Then, with the help of DGAP France expert Claire Demesmay, we decode Emmanuel Macron’s recent controversial interview where he predicted Europe “will disappear” if it “can’t think of itself as a global power,” as well as his recent jaunt to China.    Finally, we hear an audio postcard from Kyrgyzstan on the “New Silk Road” sent by Jacob Modell, who is traveling from Brussels to Beijing and back to document China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative, intended to link up Asia with Europe and Africa.   More dispatches from Jacob can be found at berlinpolicyjournal.com/on-the-new-silk-road   ------------------------ The Berlin Policy Journal is a bi-monthly digital magazine on European affairs, edited in Germany’s capital and published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). It’s the sister publication of Internationale Politik, Germany’s leading foreign affairs magazine. You can read the Berlin Policy Journal on our website  https://berlinpolicyjournal.com or receive it free of charge via our app for Android and iOS devices. Contact us with questions or suggestions: podcast@berlinpolicyjournal.com

In this debut edition of the Berlin Policy Journal Podcast, we look at Central and Eastern Europe 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain, and explore the connection between nationalism and gender.  First, contributors Milan Nič who heads the Central and Eastern European, Russian, and Central Asian program at the German Council on Foreign Relations and The Economist’s Warsaw Correspondent Annabelle Chapman join Berlin Policy Journal Executive Editor Henning Hoff to discuss the long shadow of the iron curtain and Europe’s next chapter.  Then, Annabelle Chapman reads a section from her essay “Where Gender Meets Nationalism,” which won the inaugural Sylke Tempel essay prize for young women this fall. Annabelle joins Henning to talk about her inspirations for the piece. The entire essay can be read on our website: berlinpolicyjournal.com/where-gender-meets-nationalism/   ------------------------ The Berlin Policy Journal is a bi-monthly digital magazine on European affairs, edited in Germany’s capital and published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). It’s the sister publication of Internationale Politik, Germany’s leading foreign affairs magazine.  You can read the Berlin Policy Journal on our website https://berlinpolicyjournal.com or receive it free of charge via our app for Android and iOS devices. Contact us with questions or suggestions: podcast@berlinpolicyjournal.com

Bernardo Pires de Lima é Investigador Associado do Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais da Universidade Nova de Lisboa e comentador regular em vários órgãos de comunicação social. Tem publicado vários livros sobre uma série de temas na área das Relações Internacionais: da política externa portuguesa, aos EUA, Médio-Oriente e, claro, da Europa. E foi precisamente sobre a Europa que falámos, a pretexto do seu livro mais recente, ‘O Lado B da Europa’. O livro já foi lançado no ano passado, mas acaba por vir bem a propósito, tendo em conta que as eleições europeias são já este domingo. É difícil fazer o sumário desta conversa, porque falámos sobre uma série de coisas. Começámos por discutir os desafios da União Europeia, tanto os internos, como a emergência de partidos populistas e, sobretudo, autoritários, como os externos, como a emergência da China. Falámos de um dos maiores desafios internos, que é a chegada ao poder de partidos autoritários em países como a Polónia e a Hungria - o que, entre outras coisas, põe a nu a incapacidade da UE em por cobro à deterioração das instituições na sua própria casa. Falámos também da importância de construir uma democracia a nível europeu e ,mais importante, uma cultura europeia. Terminámos a discutir um ensaio recente da Yoni Appelbaum na revista americana The Atlantic, em que este historiador e jornalista recomenda o impeachment a Donald Trump, com base num argumentário muito sustentado historicamente. E, claro, como em geopolítica tudo está ligado, por definição, regressámos à UE e falámos sobre o papel da NATO. Obrigado aos mecenas do podcast: Gustavo Pimenta; João Castanheira João Vítor Baltazar; Salvador Cunha; Ana Mateus; Nelson Teodoro; Paulo Peralta; Duarte Dória; Gonçalo Martins; Tiago Leite Abílio Silva; Tiago Neves Paixão; João Saro; Rita Mateus; Tomás Costa; Daniel Correia, António Padilha, André Lima Vasco Sá Pinto, Luis Ferreira, Pedro Vaz, André Gamito, Henrique Pedro, Manuel Lagarto, Rui Baldaia, Luis Quelhas Valente, Rui Carrilho, Filipe Ribeiro, Joana Margarida Alves Martins, Joao Salvado, Luis Marques, Mafalda Pratas, Renato Vasconcelos, Tiago Pires, Francisco Arantes, Francisco dos Santos, João Bastos, João Raimundo, Hugo Correia, Mariana Barosa, Marta Baptista Coelho, Paulo Ferreira, Miguel Coimbra, Pedro Silva, António Amaral, Nuno Nogueira, Rodrigo Brazão, Nuno Gonçalves, Duarte Martins, Pedro Rebelo, Miguel Palhas, Ricardo Duarte, Duarte, José Carlos Abrantes, Tomás Félix -> Torne-se também mecenas do podcast, a partir de 2€, através do Patreon!   Ligações: Livro do convidado: O Lado B da Europa Artigo de Anne Applebaum na The Atlantic Dani Rodrik - How democratic is the Euro Spitzenkandidat Carnegie Europe - What Are Europe’s Top Three Challenges? Not Brexit, Not Migration, Not Populism. Podcast LSE Episódio do podcast ‘Hidden Brain’ sobre a criatividade Impeach Trump Now - Yoni Appelbaum (The Atlantic) The Case Against Impeachment - Slate Bio: Bernardo Pires de Lima (n. 1979) é Investigador Associado do Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (desde 2004), colunista de política internacional do Diário de Notícias (desde 2010), comentador de assuntos internacionais da RTP e da Antena 1 (desde 2015) e membro do conselho consultivo do Instituto para a Promoção da América Latina (IPDAL). Entre 2012 e 2018, foi Visiting e Nonresident Fellow no Center for Transatlantic Relations, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Universidade Johns Hopkins, em Washington D.C. Tem trabalhado ainda nos últimos anos em consultoria em assuntos internacionais para entidades diplomáticas, políticas e empresariais, tendo sido consultor de risco estratégico da Maintrust Investment Consulting. É, desde Setembro de 2017, Partner na FIRMA – Agência Portuguesa de Negócios, onde lidera a área de Risco Geopolítico. Licenciou-se em Ciência Política pela Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa (2003), frequentou o último ano do curso na Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, Itália, ao abrigo do programa Erasmus, onde desenvolveu um projecto de investigação sobre a influência do império de comunicação social de Sílvio Berlusconi na sua eleição em 2001. Concluiu o mestrado em Relações Internacionais pela Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa (2006), com uma tese sobre a política externa britânica entre 1997 e 2003, em particular sobre a estratégia de Tony Blair para o Kosovo e o Iraque. Optou por congelar o doutoramento na Universidade Nova de Lisboa, numa fase intermédia da escrita de uma tese sobre os EUA e a transformação da NATO depois da Guerra Fria, em virtude dos vários compromissos profissionais simultâneos. Foi comentador residente da Rádio Renascença (2008-2012), TVI 24 (2009-2012) e colunista do jornal i (2009-2010). Tem publicado em revistas académicas como Relações Internacionais, Nação e Defesa ou European Foreign Affairs Review e colaborado com a imprensa nacional e estrangeira, como a SIC, SIC Notícias, TVI, RTP1, RTP2, RTP3, RTP Informação, RTP África, TSF, Antena 1, Rádio Clube Português, Rádio Europa, Diário Económico, Atlântico, Notícias Magazine, Semanário Económico, Majalla Magazine, World Politics Review, The Huffington Post World, Atlantic Treaty Association Commentary, The Diplomat, The National Interest, Hurriyet Daily News, Berlin Policy Journal, BBC, RFI, Deutsche Welle, Deutschlandfunk e Rádio Morabeza. É autor dos livros O Lado B da Europa: Viagem às 28 Capitais (Tinta-da-China, 2018), Administração Hillary (com Raquel Vaz-Pinto, Tinta-da-China, 2016), Putinlândia (Tinta-da-China, 2016; Prémio José Medeiros Ferreira 2016), Portugal e o Atlântico (Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, 2016), A Síria em Pedaços (Tinta-da-China, 2015), A Cimeira das Lajes: Portugal, Espanha e a Guerra do Iraque (Tinta-da-China, 2013) e Blair, a Moral e o Poder (Guerra & Paz, 2008) e conferencista regular em cursos, licenciaturas e mestrados de Relações Internacionais na Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Universidade Lusíada, ISCTE, Universidade Católica, Universidade do Minho, Instituto Diplomático de Portugal, Academia Diplomática da Turquia e no Instituto da Defesa Nacional, onde foi investigador na área da segurança transatlântica (2005-2009). Representou Portugal no Leaders Program in Advanced Security Studies, no George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Alemanha (2006) e participou em programas de liderança, estudos de segurança e política internacional em Itália, Bélgica, Áustria, EUA e Israel. Foi bolseiro da FLAD (2012) e contemplado com a Marshall Memorial Fellowship pelo German Marshall Fund of the United States (2013), um dos principais programas de promoção transatlântica e de networking para futuros líderes europeus com menos de 40 anos. Tem viajado nos últimos anos pelos Estados Unidos da América, África, Médio Oriente e Europa, continente que, tal como Tony Judt, mede “em tempo de comboio”, percorrido que foi em três interrails. É membro do Clube de Lisboa, da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política, da Transatlantic Studies Association e do EU Integration Forum.

We've lifted our Brexit ban as we catch up with the latest escapades at the Stammtisch seaside. What role did Germany and Angela Merkel play in the second Brexit extension? Did Germany miss its chance to avoid Brexit? Die Welt correspondent Robin Alexander and Berlin Policy Journal's Bettina Vestring answer all that and more as they join Stammtisch hosts Damien McGuinness and Michaela Küfner.

As Angela Merkel's government reaches its first birthday, Stammtisch asks whether it really has the staying power to make it to the 2021 elections. Center of European Reform's Christian Odendahl, New York Time's correspondent Melissa Eddy and Berlin Policy Journal's Bettina Vestring also join host Damien McGuinness with the latest on Brexit and get in the mood for St. Patrick's Day in Germany.

Don your political party hats as Stammtisch celebrates its first birthday! The Economist's Tom Nuttall and Berlin Policy Journal's Bettina Vestring join hosts Damien McGuinness and Michaela Küfner to blow out the candles and bring you Germany's biggest political stories of the week.