Internal Flexibility and Wage Restraint as Key Factors for the German Labor Market Miracle
Former DAAD/AGI Research Fellow Alexander Reisenbichler and Kimberly J. Morgan, an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, recently published a chapter entitled “The German …
Elections and Expectations: Lessons for 2016
Fascination with the American presidency is a phenomenon around the world, and Germany is no exception. Indeed, it is particularly fixated on the process of choosing the next White House …
The EU-U.S. “Oil Weapon”
Figure 1: Presidents Rouhani of Iran and Putin of Russia holding discussions Since Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, decided to annex Crimea and back east Ukrainian separatists with troops, many have …
Anti-Access/Area Denial Isn’t Just for Asia Anymore
If there’s one set of foreign military capabilities that has garnered U.S. attention in recent years, it’s those related to anti-access and area denial. Even the most acronym-constrained policymakers regularly …
Greece and Sisyphus: When Myths Risk Becoming Reality
Officially, Greece was not even on the agenda at the Spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group last week. But the country’s obstinate flirtation with disaster was very …
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Elected in December 2014 to serve on the AGI Board of Trustees, Ms. Julianne Smith is a Senior Vice President at Beacon Global Strategies LLC. Prior to joining Beacon, Ms. …
The P5+1–Iran Deal
On April 3, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, together with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced a framework agreement significantly limiting Iran’s …
Collaboration, As Far As Possible; Defense, As Far As Necessary
Sometimes you can see more clearly from a distance. A few weeks ago I spoke with Chinese Ukraine and Russia specialists. Their analysis: the conflict in Crimea and in eastern …
Sovereign Debt and Banks
The crises of recent years have shown us that we must part with many convictions held in the past. One of them is that government bonds are risk-free. This also …
Channel Crossings: British Choices Ahead
As Chancellor Angela Merkel tries to hold the European Union together in dealing with the turmoil around Greece, Cyprus, and Hungary flirting with Moscow amid the myriad other centrifugal forces …
There Are Better Role Models for Germany than Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck was born on April 1, 1815. 200 years after his birth, and 70 years after the end of World War II, the “Iron Chancellor” is no longer …
How Far Can Satire Go?
Does satire have every right? Can any religious figure or human being be parodied? The deadly attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in January 2015 in Paris revived …
