AGI Profiles: Hans-Thomas Tillschneider
Vice President of the Saxony-Anhalt Landtag and Deputy Chairman of the AfD Parliamentary Group in Saxony-Anhalt When voters went to the polls in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt on …
From Leipzig to Jerusalem
Israel’s Elections and Eastern Germany’s Unfinished Reckoning Early in my tenure as American consul-general in Leipzig, I visited Jerusalem, the city of my first diplomatic posting, and encountered an unexpected …
The AfD’s New Transatlantic Network
Tracking the AfD’s Engagement with the United States As the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has gained support domestically—exemplified by 20.8 percent of the vote in the 2025 Bundestag election—they have …
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The Transatlantic Situationship
How MAGA-AfD Ties Are Reshaping American-German Relations In September 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump publicly celebrated the radical-right Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) electoral victory in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, …
Heated Relations
The Past, Present, and Future of the LGBTQ+ Community in Germany and the United States For over a century, LGBTQ+ communities in Germany and the United States have fought for …
The Transatlantic Relationship and the Future Global Trading System
Today’s challenges to the global trading system are exacerbating a dynamic that is at least a decade old. Since the failure of the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations to …
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