Queenmaker Once More?
The FDP in the Super Election Year 2021 In recent years, no party has fluctuated as much in the polls and election results as the Free Democratic Party (FDP). From …
Towards a Revitalized Transatlantic Security Community
Keynote Remarks by: Michael Murphy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European & Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State followed by a panel discussion with American, German, and European experts: Andrea Kendall-Taylor, …
The Left Party and the 2021 Bundestag Election
Despite periodic predictions of its demise, the Left Party has become a stalwart player in Germany’s increasingly fragmented party system, especially in the eastern states. Currently, polling a little below …
Oral History, Genocide Studies, and Diasporic History
The Herero Speaking Apartheid Refugees and the Shanghai Jews On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Dr. Elise Pape and Prof. Kevin Ostoyich will discuss the importance of oral testimonies …
Towards Secure, Sustainable, and Values-Based Supply Chains
A Transatlantic Conversation The Covid-19 pandemic exposed structural deficiencies in global supply chains when the United States, the European Union, and many other countries experienced a sudden lack of access …
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The Greens in 2021
Ready for Government? Despite a lackluster federal election result in 2017, the Greens have been riding high in public opinion polling ever since, hovering around the 20 percent mark. This …
A Council Presidency in Crisis
Evaluating Accomplishments and Shortcomings From July to December 2020 Germany held the rotating presidency of the EU Council of Ministers. Like its earlier Council experience in 2007, this was a presidency dominated …
The Alternative for Germany
Here to Stay? After its dramatic entrance into the Bundestag in 2017 as the third largest party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) went from strength to strength in various elections—in …
The SPD and 2021 Bundestag Election
Can the Party Recover? The venerable Social Democratic Party of Germany is in a strange place as the 2021 Bundestag election approaches. On the one hand, it has been in the …
The Post-Merkel CDU/CSU and the 2021 Bundestag Election
For a year, the governing Christian Democratic Union has been considering a new leader. By January 16th, the CDU will finally have one and can start to focus on the …
Trump, Merkel, and Putin
Lessons and Legacies for Transatlantic Cooperation toward Russia Under the presidency of Donald J. Trump, transatlantic relations deteriorated significantly. Many analysts argued that this is particularly the case for a …
Regional Inequality and Populist Voting in Germany and the United States
Although having lost the U.S. presidential election, the number of votes won by populist president Donald J. Trump still exceeded many expectations. In a similar manner, the populist German party …
