Germany

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

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Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – July 2019

Thursday, July 18, 2019

An honour guard made of Police and Federal Armed Force officers stands next to the coffin of the Kassel District President, Walter Luebcke, who was shot, during his funeral at the St. Martin Church in Kassel, Germany, June 13, 2019. Swen Pfoertner/Pool via REUTERS - RC16A0A44800

Order from Chaos

German radical right threatens the survival of democracy

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, June 27, 2019

EU leaders take part in a group photo on the launching of the Permanent Structured Cooperation, or PESCO, a pact between 25 EU governments to fund, develop and deploy armed forces together, during an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1D5A10B8F0

International Affairs

Europe alone

Alina Polyakova and Benjamin Haddad

Foreign Affairs July/August 2019

Paul Georgiou, owner of The Dining Plaice fish and chip shop, poses for a photograph in central London May 22, 2012. Deep-fried fish in a crispy batter with fat golden chips is still as popular as ever with the British public, ranked alongside roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and chicken tikka masala as the nation's favourite dish. Picture taken May 22, 2012. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (BRITAIN - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 12 OF 29 FOR PACKAGE 'AS BRITISH AS FISH AND CHIPS'.SEARCH 'EDDIE FISH' TO FIND ALL IMAGES - GM1E8671J3U01

Up Front

Self-employment can be good for your health

Milena Nikolova

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Reports

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

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Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – April 2019

Friday, April 19, 2019

Alice Weidel of Alternative for Germany (AfD) speaks during a session at the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch - RC1A64D3ACF0

Germany

Germany: Baffled hegemon

Constanze Stelzenmüller

February 2019

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Paris Peace Forum

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Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – January 2019

Friday, January 18, 2019

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and U.S. President Donald Trump

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Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – September 2018

Monday, September 17, 2018

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim during the news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch TPX

Report

Germany and Turkey: The unavoidable partnership

Stephen F. Szabo

March 2018

Blog Posts

Students raise their hands to ask a question to German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her talk with students at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC119CD54670

Order from Chaos

Trump treats Germany like “America’s worst ally”

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gestures after writing 'Good Luck!' on a pipe of the Nord Stream pipeline near Russian town of Vyborg, April 9, 2010. Medvedev took part in the ceremony on Friday to start building the pipeline, which was designed to help Russia increase its influence in EU gas markets from the current 25 percent to about a third. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS) - GM1E6491EYC01

Order from Chaos

Nord Stream 2: A failed test for EU unity and trans-Atlantic coordination

Giovanna De Maio

Monday, April 22, 2019

German defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen and her Norwegian counterpart Eriksen Soereide visit a German U34 submarine in Eckernfoerde, Germany, August 22, 2017. REUTERS/Markus Scholz/POOL - RC1D79BE2370

Order from Chaos

Germans must start taking defence spending seriously

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

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Events

The German election and the future of the trans-Atlantic relationship

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Berlin, Germany

CANCELLED: The future of the West: A conversation with Bernard-Henri Lévy

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

Europe and the U.S.: The old order faces a new world

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2017

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2014

Welcome to Hard Times

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2010

Multimedia

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Order from Chaos

Trump and the trans-Atlantic divide

Thursday, May 31, 2018

U.S. President Trump and German Chancellor Merkel hold a joint news conference in Washington.

Germany

How Merkel can overcome tensions with Trump

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, April 26, 2018

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

Podcast Episode

Merkel wins, far right gains: What happened in Germany’s elections?

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Monday, September 25, 2017

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