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 …
Germany’s Juggling Act between Taiwan and China
In the past few years, the German government led by Olaf Scholz has shifted considerably Berlin’s policy regarding the Indo-Pacific region. Concerned by China’s expanding power and ambitions in the …
Translating Politics into Technocracy in the European Banking Union
The failures of two Belgian-based banks, Fortis and Dexia, have cast a long shadow over European financial regulation. Once viewed as a model of regulatory cooperation, the Fortis collapse in …
One Year of the IRA
Assessing the Impact on Europe’s Clean Energy Industry A U.S. Climate Action Milestone The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been hailed by many as the most “important climate action in …
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The Illusion of Effortless Prosperity
This article originally appeared in German in Die WELT. Germany is in decline. Not just since the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war—the relevant performance indicators have been trending negative …
New Strategies of Transnational European-U.S. Right-Wing Extremist Combat Sports Networks
This article assesses the main strategies, networks, and threat potentials affiliated with the activities of two current key right-wing extremist (RWE)[1] leaders who first met in 2018 at a combat …
What Follows from Germany’s National Security Strategy?
Strategic Foreign Policy Toward Russia, China, and Transatlantic Relations Russia’s war against Ukraine highlighted the epochal turning point in German foreign policy, which Olaf Scholz called a Zeitenwende. Germany has …
AfD in Brief
How the Far-Right Exploits Public Anxieties and How Germany Can Recapture the Courage to Shape the Future What is new and what is old about the Alternative for Germany (AfD) …
AGI Profiles: Philipp Nimmermann
State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action Dr. Philipp Nimmermann currently serves as the State Secretary for Energy in the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and …
The 2023 Bavarian State Election in Historical Context
As the federal state with both the second-largest population (13.4 million, 16 percent of the country’s total) and economy (18.5 percent of the country’s total), what happens in Bavaria matters. …
