Germany

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

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

Germans must start taking defence spending seriously

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

The flags of Germany and France are seen in front of the the Chancellery, before the meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron in Berlin, Germany May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski - RC1BF335E170

A new Franco-German narrative for Europe

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

A woman looks at magazines displayed at a kiosk in Zurich March 16 , 2015. One of Switzerland's two big supermarkets, Coop, is to stop selling titles such as German magazine Der Spiegel, the German-language edition of Vogue and a Mickey Mouse comic because it says local distributors have not cut prices after a currency surge. The Swiss central bank's decision on Jan. 15 to end a cap on the value of the currency at 1.20 Swiss francs per euro sent the franc skyrocketing and led to fears for Switzerland's export-reliant economy. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: MEDIA BUSINESS) - GM1EB3H00BN01

Germany’s leading magazine published falsehoods about American life

Friday, January 4, 2019

New CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and German Chancellor Angela Merkel bid farewell to each other during the closing of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party congress in Hamburg, Germany, December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach - RC158EEE7F30

Succeeding in German politics while female

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, December 17, 2018

A worker watches as pipes are piled up at a storage area at French pipe coating company EUPEC in Sassnitz May 6, 2011. EUPEC is working to complete around 200,000 pipes for Nord Stream, which is building two 1,220km-long roughly parallel gas pipelines across the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany with an overall annual capacity of 55 billion cubic metres (bcm). REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS) - GM1E757035W01

Nord Stream 2 is a trap of Germany’s own making

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the G20 Compact with Africa Conference in Berlin, Germany, October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt/Pool - RC1526AE4BA0

Why the West will survive Merkel’s departure

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks as she attends a news conference following the Hesse state election in Berlin, Germany, October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke - RC1400EF7680

The German center’s collapse brings Merkel era to a close

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, October 29, 2018

A German flag flutters in Berlin, Germany, July 2, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke - RC16DEB12D50

Germany faces its worst security dilemma since the 1950s

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, August 6, 2018

A family relaxes at home

How having unemployed parents affects children’s future well-being

Milena Nikolova and Boris Nikolaev

Friday, July 13, 2018