Germany

TURIN, ITALY - March 16, 2020: A nurse stands in front of a temporary pre triage tent. The Italian government imposed unprecedented restrictions to halt the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, among other measures people movements are allowed only for work, for buying essential goods and for health reasons. (Photo by Nicolò Campo/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Brookings experts comment on the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe

Thomas Wright, Amanda Sloat, Giovanna De Maio, and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, March 23, 2020

Podcast Episode

The rise of populism in Germany

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Yascha Mounk

The Good Fight with Yascha Mounk

Friday, March 20, 2020

German police officers stand at the French-German border between Kehl and Strasbourg, on March 16, 2020 in Kehl, as part of border control operations. Germany has reintroduced border controls with France, Austria, Switzerland, Luxemburg and Denmark from March 16, 2020 due to the coronavirus crisis, interior minister Horst Seehofer said the day before.

Podcast Episode

Do Germany’s border closures signal a new stage in Europe’s COVID-19 response?

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a media statement on the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany March 17, 2020. John Macdougall/ Pool via REUTERS

Order from Chaos

Germany pulls out the ‘bazooka’ against the coronavirus — But is it doing enough?

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Reports

July 11, 2019, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese robot maker Fanuc's arm robot picks and removes a tumbling bottle for a demonstration at the International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition (FOOMA) in Tokyo on Thursday, July 11, 2019. Some 680 companies exhibit their latest machines for the food processing industry at a four-day trade show. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Report

Innovation and the transatlantic productivity slowdown: A comparative analysis of R&D and patenting trends in Japan, Germany, and the United States

Dany Bahar and Sebastian Strauss

Monday, January 27, 2020

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcome France's President Emmanuel Macron at the NATO leaders summit in Watford, Britain December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/Pool

Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard – January 2020

Thursday, January 23, 2020

People pass the East Side Gallery close to river Spree during sunset in Berlin, Germany, August 12, 2019. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1E5D992B80

Essay

German lessons

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, November 4, 2019

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

Blog Posts

Alternative for Germany (AfD) regional party leader Bjoern Hoecke talks to new elected Thuringia State Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow of the Left Party (Die Linke) state parliament in Erfurt, Germany, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Order from Chaos

The government crisis in Germany’s Thuringia is over — except it isn’t

Sam Denney and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, March 16, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts during a press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (not pictured) at the German Chancellery.

Order from Chaos

The fratboys vying to succeed Angela Merkel

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, March 5, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer speak during a CDU board meeting at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

Order from Chaos

The Thuringia debacle resets the Merkel succession — and proves the AfD is a force to be reckoned with

Sam Denney and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Friday, February 28, 2020

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Events

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Multimedia

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

Podcast Episode

The fate of Germany’s leadership

Constanze Stelzenmüller and James M. Lindsay

Council on Foreign Relations

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Podcast Episode

Fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Fred Dews

Friday, November 8, 2019

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Trump and the trans-Atlantic divide

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Thursday, May 31, 2018

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Reports

Europe 1989-2019: Lessons learned 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

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

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