Niklas Helwig, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow
AGI is pleased to welcome Niklas Helwig as a DAAD/AGI Research Fellow in October and November 2018. Prior to his research stay at the AGI, he was a Transatlantic Post-Doc …
Why were UN diplomats laughing at Trump?
On President Trump’s comments to the UN General Assembly on Germany’s reliance on Russian energy, AGI president Jeff Rathke tells CBS News in this article from September 25, “If you want …
Germany backs small-scale LNG import terminals despite opposition
The German government has decided in favor of building small-scale liquid natural gas (LNG) import terminals and infrastructure. In March, Mrs. Merkel’s CDU/CSU-SPD coalition, in its founding pact, pledged to …
Gerlinde Groitl, AGSR Fellow
AGI is pleased to welcome Gerlinde Groitl as an AGI/GMF Fellow with the American-German Situation Room in Washington, DC, in September 2018. Dr. Gerlinde Groitl serves as Assistant Professor of …
The West’s Greatest Challenge Lies in Washington, Not Moscow
It has been a month now since Donald Trump’s indulgence in Helsinki of Vladimir Putin’s “extremely strong” denial of Russian involvement in hacking the 2016 U.S. election. With this move, …
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Germany and Russia: A Reset?
Angela Merkel’s meeting with Vladimir Putin this past weekend in Meseberg is a sign of the beginning of a reset in the German relationship with Russia. Putin arrived after having …
A New Era of Transatlantic Cooperation in Space? How the New Space Economy Is Shaping the State of Affairs and What Could Be Done
The space sector is undergoing profound changes. When people thought about space exploration just a decade ago, they thought about large government or international agencies such as the National Aeronautics …
A Nuclear Germany Strengthens the Security of the West
The U.S. president’s semi-authoritarian attitude and his willingness to make friends with the enemies of democracy has exacerbated doubts about whether the West is at risk of breaking up. President …
How Germany became Donald Trump’s European punchbag
“Germany and its leadership are far from blameless for this state of affairs,” Senior Fellow Stephen F. Szabo tells the Financial Times in this article from August 2, 2018.
Germany in Trump’s Crosshairs
After the most recent visit to Washington by Chancellor Merkel in April, a German diplomat came away from the brief working meeting with the president with the clear conclusion that “Trump views Germany as the enemy.”
Should Germany Go Nuclear?
Should Germany go the route of France and the UK and develop its own independent nuclear weapons capability? Something which once seemed unthinkable is now back in the political discussion …
The Robustness of Franco-German Relations in an Unstable Europe
The European Union faces an existential crisis of dramatic proportions, occasioned by Brexit; nationalism and populism in several member states; internal sclerosis; and challenges from a chaotic international system created …
