Germany

Bjoern Hoecke, AfD party leader and top candidate for Thuringia, gestures during an election campaign rally ahead of the upcoming Thuringia state elections in Gotha, Germany October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Michael Dalder - RC1B97443CB0

Religion & Politics

How “populist” is the AfD?

Jeffrey Gedmin

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

CDU party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer speaks at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party congress in Leipzig, Germany, November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke - RC2BGD94ZVUT

Order from Chaos

The power struggle to lead Germany’s CDU has been postponed

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

A person passes by the installation 'Lichtgrenze' (Border of Light) in front of a painting depicting former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kissing his East German counterpart Erich Honecker (R) along the East Side Gallery, the largest remaining part of the former Berlin Wall, in Berlin November 7, 2014. A part of the inner city of Berlin is being temporarily divided from November 7 to 9, with a light installation featuring 8000 luminous white balloons, following the 9.5-mile (15.3 kmilometre) path the Berlin Wall once occupied, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY - Tags: ANNIVERSARY ENTERTAINMENT CITYSCAPE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - LR1EAB71FACFQ

Europe

Bring the spirit of 1989 back to save European democracy today

Alina Polyakova, Torrey Taussig, and Norman Eisen

Saturday, November 9, 2019

Podcast Episode

Fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Fred Dews

Friday, November 8, 2019

Reports

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, New York, U.S., September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1BBB443CF0

Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – October 2019

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 13, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC1AB086D0B0

International Affairs

Hostile ally: The Trump challenge and Europe’s inadequate response

Constanze Stelzenmüller

August 2019

Anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) chairwoman Frauke Petry (R) and party member Armin Paul Hampel (background R) meet with Nurhan Soykan, first deputy chairwoman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany and Sadiqu Al-Mousllie (2nd L) member of the Syrian opposition in Germany, at a hotel in Berlin, Germany May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt - LR1EC5N0S6B8U

Religion & Politics

Right-wing populism in Germany: Muslims and minorities after the 2015 refugee crisis

Jeffrey Gedmin

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Britain's Queen Elizabeth pose at the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain June 3, 2019. Alastair Grant/Pool via REUTERS - RC19A2509000

Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – July 2019

Thursday, July 18, 2019

British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker look at each other during a news conference in Strasbourg, France March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler - RC17106DF9E0

Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – April 2019

Friday, April 19, 2019

Blog Posts

People climb the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate after the opening of the East German border November 9, 1989. REUTERS/Herbert Knosowski - RP1DRILJKDAA

Brookings Now

Brookings experts’ reading list on the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War

Fred Dews

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader and Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer attends a news conference in Berlin, Germany October 28, 2019. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi - RC14E36E7400

Order from Chaos

A European security force in Syria is a courageous idea

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Thuringia's Alternative for Germany (AfD) leader Bjoern Hoecke speaks during an election campaign event ahead of the upcoming Brandenburg and Saxony state elections in Koenigs Wusterhausen, Germany August 30, 2019. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi - RC145F039280

Order from Chaos

The AfD wolf is at the door in east Germany

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, September 9, 2019

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Thursday, May 31, 2018

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Germany

How Merkel can overcome tensions with Trump

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Christian Democratic Union CDU party leader and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a news conference at the CDU party headquarters, the day after the general election (Bundestagswahl) in Berlin, Germany September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach - RC1C6D427BF0

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