AGI Profiles: Jennifer Lee Morgan
State Secretary for Climate and Special Envoy for International Climate Action Including climate policy as an area of responsibility of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Federal Minister Annalena Baerbock …
Government is the Problem…in Germany
Anyone remember Jim Rockford’s answering machine? And those funny messages it played at the beginning of each episode? I definitely do, and, in my case, the machine spoke German. That’s because I …
Germany Faces a Challenging Demographic Situation
The German economy is weakening. This year, the gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to shrink by 0.5 percent. This puts Germany at the bottom of international growth rankings. By comparison, …
The SOTEU and Transatlantic Economic Relations
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave her annual State of the European Union speech this week in Strasbourg, the official seat of the European Parliament. With the title …
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The German Puzzle
What is wrong with Germany? The erstwhile powerhouse of Europe has turned into the only major economy that looks set to contract in 2023. The export machine is stumbling, residential …
Industrial Policy: The New défi américain
The Biden Administration’s unapologetic embrace of a nationalistic industrial policy a year ago with the passage of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Inflation Reduction Acts (IRA) …
A Limping Coalition of the Willing
Why is Transatlantic Cooperation on Clean Steel Lagging Behind? The 2020s have arrived as a decade of multiple crises. Beyond their devastating impact, however, these crises have also changed our …
Europe Must Stand Firm Supporting Ukraine’s Independence
As the Ukraine conflict continues with no end in sight after over one and a half years of fighting, the European determination to stand up against Putin’s war of aggression …
A Question of Dissent in the German Government
Since the last federal elections in 2021, Germany has been governed by a so-called Ampelkoalition (traffic-light coalition), named after the political colors of its parties: red for the Social Democrats …
Refugees in Germany
“We Can Do It” Again? Eight years ago, in August 2015, former Chancellor Angela Merkel first used the phrase “Wir schaffen das” (we can do this) to signal Germany’s willingness …
The Return of German Pessimism
The End of Modell Deutschland Germans have been notoriously pessimistic throughout their history. Walter Laquer, a long-time analyst of Europe, once laid the origins of this pessimism to the Thirty …
