Germany

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron at the entrance of the Sorbonne during the Franco-German summit for the 60th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty, in Paris, 22 January, 2023. (Photo by Andrea Savorani Neri/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

60 years later, can France and Germany fulfill the ambitions of the Treaty of Élysée?

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Tara Varma, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Military personnel from the 82nd Airborne Division and 18th Airborne Corps board a C-17 transport plane for deployment to Eastern Europe, amid escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S., February 3, 2022. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The Ukraine crisis: Will there be war?

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Alan Stoga

Power in the 21st century

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock pose for a picture during a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine January 17, 2022. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Germany’s approach to Ukraine

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Jana Puglierin, Jim Townsend, and Andrea Kendall-Taylor

Brussels Sprouts

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz, his wife Britta Ernst, co-leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Norbert Walter-Borjans, German Labor Minister Hubertus Heil, Rhineland-Palatinate State Premier Malu Dreyer, Social Democratic Party (SPD) secretary general Lars Klingbeil, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, and Lower Saxony's State Premier Stephan Weil react after first exit polls for the general elections in Berlin, Germany, September 26, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Germany’s elections

Constanze Stelzenmüller and James Lindsay

The President's Inbox

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Newly elected German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his ministers pose for a group photo at the first meeting of the new cabinet at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany December 8, 2021. Ina Fassbender/Pool via REUTERS

An election in Germany

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Yascha Mounk, and Jacob Schulz

The Lawfare Podcast

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Newly elected German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is sworn-in by Parliament President Baerbel Bas during a session of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

‘It may be time for a political shift in Germany’

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Mohamed Younis

The Gallup Podcast

Thursday, September 23, 2021

An advertisement showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel with a slogan reading: "Thanks For 16 Years of Hard Work" is seen behind election posters for Germany's upcoming state elections in Brunswick, Germany, September 16, 2021. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

After 16 years of Angela Merkel, what’s next for Germany?

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Adrianna Pita

Friday, September 17, 2021

Chancellor Angela Merkel (l, CDU), still in office, stands next to Joachim Gauck, former Federal President, on the rostrum before the election of the Chancellor. The election and swearing-in of Scholz as Chancellor and the swearing-in of the federal ministers of the new red-green-yellow federal government take place in the Bundestag.

Angela Merkel’s legacy in international affairs and foreign policy

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Mark Leon Goldberg

Global Dispatches

Monday, September 13, 2021

Afghan collaborators, their families, Spanish soldiers and members of the embassy board a Spanish military plane as part of their evacuation, at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 27, 2021. Ministry of Defense of Spain/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

The world reacts to Afghanistan

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Suzanne Maloney, Madiha Afzal, Yun Sun, Bryce Klehm, and Joy Neumeyer

The Lawfare Podcast

Friday, August 27, 2021

Designated German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C), deignated Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Economy and Environment Protection Robert Habeck (R) and designated Minister for Finances Christian Lindner (L) attend a press conference at the Bundespresssekonferenz after the Signing of the Coalition Agreement of the future German Government in Berlin on December 7, 2021. (Photo by Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

The coalitions that could shape Germany’s future

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Jeremy Cliffe, Ben Walker, and Khuê Phạm

World Review from the New Statesman

Monday, August 23, 2021