Germany

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

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

German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Armin Laschet, Green party co-leader Annalena Baerbock and German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) attend a television debate with presenters Tina Hassel and Wolfgang Ischinger in Berlin, Germany, June 26, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Mang/Pool

Who will be the next chancellor of Germany?

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

The New Statesman

Monday, August 2, 2021

Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel wartet auf die Ankunft der Kommissionspraesidentin Ursula von der Leyen im Kanzleramt in Berlin am 22. Juni 2021. Bundeskanzlerin Merkel trifft EU Kommissionspraesidentin von der Leyen *** German Chancellor Angela Merkel waits for the arrival of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Chancellery in Berlin on June 22, 2021 German Chancellor Merkel meets EU Commission President von der LeyenNo Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Merkel’s complicated legacy

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Elmira Bayrasli

Project Syndicate

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Lithuanian Military Academy students hold NATO membership states flags during the celebration of the 15th anniversary of Lithuania's membership in NATO in Vilnius, Lithuania March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

Trump, Biden, and the future of the liberal world order

Bill Finan and Wolfgang Ischinger

Friday, November 27, 2020

U.S. troops from 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division check military equipment after their deployment to Poland for military exercises in Drawsko Pomorskie training area, Poland March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

What’s behind Trump’s decision to cut US troops in Germany?

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Constanze Stelzenmüller

Friday, July 31, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a news conference following a meeting with international economic and financial organisations at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany May 20, 2020, on the effects of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Odd Andersen/Pool via REUTERS

Merkel’s pandemic moment

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Gideon Rachman

The Rachman Review

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

VENICE, ITALY- Members of health carry out disinfection tasks in the streets and public places of Venice, Italy on April 9, 2020. Until this Friday (10), 143,626 cases of infection with coronavirus Covid-19 were reported in Italy, 18,279 dead and 28,470 recovered in the country.

Europe responds to the COVID crisis

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Nathalie Tocci, Jim Townsend, and Andrea Kendall-Taylor

Brussels Sprouts

Friday, April 10, 2020

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.

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

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, March 17, 2020