"Sure, this politics of muddling through has its virtues. Managed decline beats hubris followed by collapse. But there is an alternative to both denial and accommodation." Great read by @josephdeweck.bsky.social in @theguardian.com : www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Good piece www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Europe is at a turning point. Timid EU elites should take lessons from The Leopard

Excellent piece today in @theguardian.com by @josephdeweck.bsky.social

“As long as there is death, there is hope,” Lampedusa writes in The Leopard. What the novel teaches Europe’s anxious elites today: managed decline is not the only option. My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Also featuring: @josephdeweck.bsky.social @rebeccawire.bsky.social @fraghi.bsky.social @johnkampfner.bsky.social @dbroessler.bsky.social @jeremycliffe.bsky.social @henninghoff.bsky.social and more! The new full issue is up now: ip-quarterly.com/en/winter-20... (2/2)

Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck

“We are in danger of ceding the hard-won courage to think for ourselves – and this time, not to gods or kings, but to code.” By @josephdeweck.bsky.social

I wrote a short essay for the @theguardian.com touching on AI, Joan Didion, and Immanuel Kant. If you happen to have some time over the holidays, I’d love for you to read it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump, Like Putin, Is Miscalculating on Europe A smart take by @josephdeweck.bsky.social ip-quarterly.com/en/trump-lik...

Excellent colum by @josephdeweck.bsky.social #Pariscope predicting that Trump’s attack on Europe, based on misconceptions, will backfire—just like Putin’s war of aggression did. A preview from our Winter 2026 issue (“New Ideas for Europe”) ip-quarterly.com/en/trump-lik...

Mein Highlight der Woche: das Gespräch über ein vergiftetes Geschenk mit @josephdeweck.bsky.social

Ein Deal mit dem Orangen, der die Schweiz noch erpressbarer macht. @josephdeweck.bsky.social

"Humiliation can catalyze the strengthening of collective identity. It can foster solidarity, binding people together to confront the perceived injustice. Perhaps Europe needs this wound in order to act." @josephdeweck.bsky.social on Europe's súmmer of humiliation' ip-quarterly.com/en/europeani...

Les États-Unis, le Royaume-Uni, la France : les trois grandes démocraties à scrutin majoritaire vrillent. La démission de Sébastien Lecornu marque une crise systémique. La France doit adopter la représentation proportionnelle. 👉 Tribune @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

"This feeling that the world is walking all over Europe is no longer uniquely French. It seems to be spreading across the continent," @josephdeweck.bsky.social writes in his latest Pariscope column. ip-quarterly.com/en/europeani...

This “summer of humiliation” gave rise to a sentiment that we Europeans are indeed weak. Like all things that are emerging, Europe is first a space that is experienced before being a space that is defined. Trump has added to that experience. 👉Column @ipq.bsky.social ip-quarterly.com/en/europeani...

Aufschlussreiche Umfrage von @grandcontinent.bsky.social zum Handelsabkommen EU-USA. 77% der EuropäerInnen sagen, sie wüssten genau um was es bei diesem Abkommen gehe. Das Thema hat also Eingang in die öffentliche Debatte gefunden. 1/3

⚡️ EU Voters are ahead of politicians. ↪️ 81% of Europeans now back a common defense & security policy - a bottom-up push for more integration. 👇

Very true, this: voters in Europe are ahead of most governing elites on European integration. The same goes for another once ‘sensitive’ dossier: support for Gaza/Palestine

This is very uplifting - and I sincerely hope policymakers seize the momentum and drop their fear of right-wing forces, which are often louder than the general public.

This week’s dose of Europtimism with @josephdeweck.bsky.social: Perhaps for the first time in the history of European integration, elites are lagging behind popular demand for more Europe. When will political leaders start capitalising on it ?

EU integration has historically been a top-down project. That may be changing. On defense, in particular, voters seem to be willing to go further in advancing EU sovereignty than its economic and political elites. 👉 With @alanderminna.bsky.social for @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/vote...

Mario Draghi hat am 22. August in Rimini eine Rede an Europas Bürgerinnen und Bürger gehalten, die alle lesen sollten. Besonders in Deutschland. Hier die Übersetzung mit einem einführenden Kurzkommentar von Lukas Paul Schmelter und mir. legrandcontinent.eu/de/2025/08/2...

Trumps Zollpolitik stelle die Identität der Schweiz infrage, sagt Joseph de Weck im Gespräch. Wir stünden an einem Wendepunkt: Was bisher gut gewesen sei für das Land, funktioniere in Zukunft nicht mehr. trib.al/7PrGP8d

“Disputes are resolved through compromise, and frustrations vented through direct democracy, or drowned in a sea of passive-aggression. And yes, 93.2% of trains do run on time.”

The Swiss lived in splendid isolation for years. Trump’s tariffs have shattered that complacency | Joseph de Weck

Good piece from Joseph de Weck "Coming of age in Switzerland is like sitting in an aquarium looking at the world through a thick bulletproof window. That glass was shattered last week when Donald Trump announced 39% tariffs on Swiss exports". www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why growing up in Switzerland sometimes felt like like sitting in an aquarium looking at the world through a thick bulletproof window. And how Trump's 39% tariff on Swiss exports have shattered that glas. 👉 Latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wo stehen wir nach 6 Monaten Trump? Ein Versuch die heutige Weltlage historisch einzuordnen. Und was das alles mit 1773, 1878 und 1971 zu tun hat. 👉 Gespräch mit David Vogel für @nzz.ch Geopolitik. open.spotify.com/episode/42vB...

The latest Pariscope from @josephdeweck.bsky.social: Geography and economics mean that even under a President Marine Le Pen, France could not walk away from European and German security. ip-quarterly.com/en/why-le-pe...

A great column from @shahinvallee.bsky.social and @josephdeweck.bsky.social on how to raise defence spending while avoiding austerity.

Europe does not have to choose between guns and butter. There is another way | Shahin Vallée and Joseph de Weck

Time to tackle the "what if" question. Could Europe trust France on defense if it is run by a President Le Pen or Bardella? 👉 Latest column @ipq.bsky.social ip-quarterly.com/en/why-le-pe...

Coming this week: Our summer issue, featuring @josephdeweck.bsky.social @rebeccawire.bsky.social @samirpuri.bsky.social @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu @drfranksauer.bsky.social @helenalegarda.bsky.social @dougsaunders.bsky.social @etiennehoera.d-64.social @aleichthammer.bsky.social & more!

Lukas Paul Schmelter und Joseph de Weck über "reaktionären Futurismus" (bei Vance, Musk, Thiel): "Diese Seite der Maga-Denke" folgt "radikalem, fast grenzenlosen Fortschrittsglauben". 1/5

When Britain asked its colonies to pay more for their defense, it sparked a revolution. As the US now tries to shift the costs of its empire, @josephdeweck.bsky.social and @jeffrathke.bsky.social argue that it should consider the consequences:

Pleased to publish this piece with @josephdeweck.bsky.social for @grandcontinent.bsky.social on the ongoing Franco German Grand Bargain in the making geopolitique.eu/en/2025/05/0...

Nachtrag: Starker Beitrag von @josephdeweck.bsky.social, Anfang April @faznet.bsky.social: „Zudem ist klar, was das europäische Narrativ der nächsten Jahre prägen wird: die Opposition zum Trumpismus wie zum Putinismus; die Selbstbehauptung gegenüber Verächtern und Verleumdern …

„MAGA“ entspringt einem reaktionären Geist, zieht aber auch Dynamik aus seiner futuristischen Kraft. Darum müssen auch Donald Trumps Widersacher lernen, in Utopien zu denken. 👉 Gastbeitrag @szde.bsky.social mit Lukas Paul Schmelter. www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/maga-...

Die nächsten Monate werden hart. Dich in fünf bis zehn Jahren könnte ein Europa entstanden sein, dass sich militärisch, wirtschaftlich und ideell aus eigener Kraft behaupten kann. 👉 Panel an der westfälischen Friedenskonferenz in Münster.

Ab 13:30 Uhr diskutiert dann unser Otto-Wolff-Direktor Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff auf dem Panel „Globale Wirtschaft und Friedenspolitik“ mit Lauren Kjeldsen, Vorständin bei @evonik-de.bsky.social & @josephdeweck.bsky.social, auch diesen Stream sollten Sie nicht verpassen! ⏰📺 /2

Jacques Derrida und Jürgen Habermas waren mit ihrer These einer Renaissance Europas 22 Jahre zu früh. Doch nun spricht vieles dafür, dass es klappen könnte. 👉 Gastbeitrag @faznet.bsky.social www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

Wie Cioran es mal formulierte: "Nichts is gefährlicher als der Wille, nicht betrogen zu werden". Comme le disait Cioran: "Rien de plus dangereux que la volonté de ne pas être trompé."

@josephdeweck.bsky.social's latest Pariscope: Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz shares many of French President Emmanuel Macron’s talents—but also many of his faults. ip-quarterly.com/en/macron-an...

Merz shares many of Macron’s talents and faults. Two proud and impatient characters, both not immensely popular, with the right geopolitical instincts, but a tendency to speak faster than they think, and recurring execution problems. 👉 Latest column @ipq.bsky.social ip-quarterly.com/en/macron-an...

A majority of Germans back the incoming government’s “whatever it takes” ethos on debt and defense, according to a new @dgap.org-Forsa poll. Read @josephdeweck.bsky.social + @shahinvallee.bsky.social's analysis: ip-quarterly.com/en/germans-b...

German public opinion on European defense and fiscal policy is changing fundamentally a DGAP-Forsa poll shows. Germans want talks with France on nuclear deterrence and could even be convinced of EU debt for defense. 👉 With @shahinvallee.bsky.social @ipq.bsky.social ip-quarterly.com/en/germans-b...

Everybody I just discovered that @josephdeweck.bsky.social is now here. He wrote an excellent book about Macron, so follow him.

Pleasure to moderate an exchange with finance minister Jörg Kukies on German debt brake reform and EU fiscal policy in the new Trumpian world we live in.