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The AGI Foreign & Security Policy Program addresses German security policy, the foreign policy cooperation between the U.S. and Germany, and the transatlantic defense relationship.
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O, Brother, Where Art Thou? The SPD Must Return to Transatlantic Politics

Guido Steinberg and Nicole Renvert of the Berlin-based Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik detail the rise and  — more recently — fall of SPD transatlanticism. The NSA debate has uncovered a …

German-American Relations since 1990: No Future for Germany’s Past?

Germany’s reluctance to play a leadership role and to use military force is often explained with the continued impact of the collective memory of the Nazi period in contemporary Germany. …

How Long Will the Center Hold in Germany?

Germany’s party system is on the cusp of something. The big question is whether that something might be erosion of the stable political center that the country has enjoyed over …

Learn to Live With Germany

Calls for “European solidarity” will not phase post-election Germany. Writing for the Carnegie Europe blog  “Strategic Europe,” former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and AGI Trustee John Kornblum recalls the effect …

International Consequences of the German Federal Election

Despite her stunning victory, the outcome of the German federal elections on September 22, 2013, has left Chancellor Angela Merkel in a political conundrum. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and …

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German Democracy Illustrated: The Craft of Forging Consensus

Germany’s election results on September 22 are having ripple effects throughout all of the political parties, and could well reshape the landscape of the Bundestag in multiple ways. The ripple …

How the West Was Lost

Several years ago on the bottom floor of a Berlin museum, I met a man who had given up on Europe. He opined about demographic decline and the failures of …

Beyond the Election: Merkel’s Coalition Challenges

The victory party at Christian Democratic Union (CDU) headquarters ― the Konrad Adenauer Haus ― was euphoric after the first projections on the evening of September 22. Angela Merkel seemed …

Where is the Core of the Debate?: Surveillance and the Media

Writing for the ninth issue of Medium Magazine, AICGS President Dr. Jackson Janes returns to the ongoing, but overshadowed, controversy over NSA surveillance. Edward Snowden has catalyzed the old civil liberties debate by introducing the implications of the digital age. Will this debate last?

The Virtual Absence of Germany’s Concrete Effects on Europe in the Current Campaign for the Bundestag

In the final lead-up to the German elections on September 22, Andrei Markovits and Joesph Klaver look at how Europe features in the campaign.  Although Germany wields immense economic power …

Getting the Expectations Right: No Great Post-Election Changes for Transatlantic Relations

Shortly before the Bundestag election in Germany on September 22, there seems to be only two possible scenarios for the next term. According to polls, either a rather unstable center-right …

Business as Usual for German-American Relations

Appearing originally at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Europe, AGI President Dr. Jackson Janes’ article provides a birds-eye perspective on the future of the German-American partnership. Expect business as …