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The fisherman who reconsidered
The queue outside Brussels is growing. Not because the EU got better — because everywhere else got harder.
May 27
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Ralf Billstein
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The Visible Hand
When power stops hiding what it does, the institution is already gone.
May 20
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Ralf Billstein
1
Europe Exports Its Future
The continent produces world-class technology companies. Then it transfers ownership of them — to investors who understand what controlling an asset is…
May 17
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Ralf Billstein
1
The table for two
Washington and Beijing are negotiating the terms of global order. Europe was not asked.
May 13
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Ralf Billstein
1
The Gun Europe Is Loading
Germany is building the continent's strongest army. The question of who commands it in 2035 is not being asked.
May 8
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Ralf Billstein
1
April 2026
The last bullet
When the normal channels stop working, you send the King. That is not a strategy. It is a confession.
Apr 30
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Ralf Billstein
2
The ECB Does Not Set Interest Rates. Rome Does.
Italy is about to overtake Greece as the Eurozone's most indebted country. Not because of a crisis. Because the arithmetic ran its course.
Apr 29
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Ralf Billstein
1
A Brief Note from Continental Drift
Dear Subscribers of Continental Drift,
Apr 27
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Ralf Billstein
1
The bill Trump sent himself
The ally Trump humiliated is the one whose silence he needed most.
Apr 24
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Ralf Billstein
3
The nationalists' impossible position
Europe's nationalist parties are distancing themselves from Trump. What they cannot do is distance themselves from America.
Apr 19
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Ralf Billstein
1
Europe says it wants to be free. Its budget says otherwise.
Strategic autonomy is the EU’s governing ambition. It is also a doctrine that no European government has been willing to pay for — because paying for it…
Apr 16
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Ralf Billstein
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