Merkel and Macron: edging towards change?
Angela Merkel finally responds to Emmanuel Macron’s Europe reform plans – but through the pages of a newspaper, and in only the most guarded of terms
German foreign policy leadership
After the JCPOA, the world needs Germany. But where is it?
Germany could put some heft into defending the liberal international order. Yet it still declines to do so
Macron’s Charlemagne challenge to Berlin
Emmanuel Macron both lay down a gauntlet and held out a hand to Angela Merkel in Aachen. But the chancellor seized neither
Courting Nero: Macron, Merkel, and the state of relations with Trump
Trips to Washington by the French and German leaders made barely a dent in Trump’s attitude towards his own close allies
Conservatives without a cause? The German youth’s view and what it means for Europe
Retaining what they have is largely enough for millennials – despite the fact that the majority feels that the EU is not on the right path.
Germany’s defence commitments: nothing but paper tigers?
Scepticism about Germany’s willingness to confront a revisionist Russia in 2014 has vanished. But there is new disappointment that the German diplomatic leadership has no military equivalent
A New Beginning for European Defence
It is time to move past institutional integration and develop practical European security capabilities
From Iran to North Korea, German policymakers are at a loss
Postwar German foreign policy is based on cooperation, rules and trust, not power, interest and threat. But with crises from Iran to North Korea likely to be play out the old-fashioned way, that approach looks naive
The liberation of Europe
The remaining 27 EU members have turned the page after Brexit much faster than the UK itself
Shooting the ringleader: Trump draws a bead on Germany
As the Trump administration amplifies its attacks on the European Union and its collective identity, we would do well to recall the lessons of the 1930s.