As rival Martin Schulz overtakes Angela Merkel in the polls, is the Queen of Europe about to lose her crown? Daniel Hamilton, a senior director at FTI Consulting, says Yes. The last year has been a torrid one for Angela Merkel. September’s elections won’t offer her any respite. Merkel has traditionally been lucky with her hapless Social Democrat (SPD) opponents. This year’s foe, former European Parliament president Martin Schulz, is different. Cunning and commanding, Schulz’s [...]
Is Donald Trump right that Nato is obsolete? Mary Dejevsky, a writer and broadcaster, says Yes. Nato was an alliance of the Cold War and became obsolete as soon as the Soviet Union was dissolved. The West’s failure to disband it – or at the very least rename it and reform its purpose – in response to the demise of the Warsaw Pact [...]
