How the Merkel government is risking Germany’s future by underinvestment and other ill-applied policy approaches.
German Turks: The Third-Generation Surprise
Why third-generation German Turks feel a stronger bond with their parents’ or grandparents’ country of origin than do the older generations.
The German Government’s Shameful Kowtow Before Erdogan
In welcoming Turkey’s presidential dictator for a state visit, the EU’s largest member nation is exploring the limits of self-humiliation. A working visit would be quite enough.
“Cool” Germany, Really?
The Economist’s recent feature on today’s Germany as a model for all of Europe was fake news. The signs of crisis – mainly a widespread complacency – are already visible in financial markets.
Europe’s High-Speed Rail Leaders
Spain, France and Germany have the largest high-speed train networks after China and Japan.
Germany and Russia: A Reset?
There are signs of the beginning of a reset in German relations with Russia. But serious impediments to a pragmatic relationship remain.
Will a Chinese “Sputnik moment” in AI Unleash Dynamism in the West?
A German perspective on the global AI race.
High Time for Europe to Wake Up
Why it is in Germany’s own self-interest to take Donald Trump’s policy impulses on trade and defense seriously.
























