Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic
A U.S. Public Health Perspective One month shy of two years into a global pandemic caused by the novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Associated Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with news of …
Transnational Breast Cancer Advocacy in the United States and Germany
In recent years, German breast cancer advocacy groups have begun taking a more American approach. Since the 2001 founding of Brustkrebs Deutschland e.V., with financial backing from U.S. cosmetics company …
Germany’s China Policy Moves Past Merkel
As Germany’s Merkel era ended, her brand of engagement-driven China policy seems also to have been consigned to history. The writing was already on the wall after the China-EU Comprehensive …
Xenophobia in East Germany
A commonality found between the former communist state and a current AfD stronghold? In recent years, global politics has seen a rise of far-right and far-left ideologies that seek to …
Germany Emerges from Economic Realpolitik
The 178-page coalition agreement announced last week by Germany’s next government comprised of the Social Democrats (SPD), Greens, and Free Democrats (FDP) and called “Alliance for Freedom, Justice, and Sustainability” …
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Mainstreaming Extremism or Radicalizing the Center
How the Querdenker Movement Challenges the Democratic Order In Germany as elsewhere, the COVID-19 pandemic has pulled conspiracy theories onto the center stage of public debate. The so-called proponents of …
Inoculating Against the Other Virus
Conspiracy Theories The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose a wide array of challenges, ranging from maintaining and increasing vaccination rates, to promoting digestible information to educate the public about the …
The Passport as Home: Comfort in Rootlessness
Andy Markovits often writes emails in capital letters. He does that when he wants to let you know how he feels about things. It is not only about what he …
One Year after U.S. Elections: What Is the Status of the Transatlantic Trade Relationship?
Honeymoon Is Over, But Both Sides Committed to Make It Work One year ago, all of us in Europe were eagerly waiting for the results of the U.S. elections. The …
The Trade-Climate Nexus and the Future of the Global Trading System
Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) and the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference, both in November 2021, Geoeconomics Program Director Peter Rashish authored a report for the Konrad …
Challenges for the German Healthcare System in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a spotlight on two major weaknesses of the German healthcare system: First, the glaring lack of digitization, leading to a lack of data and prevention …
Building Transatlantic Trust for AI Innovation and Regulation
Artificial intelligence is among the most promising and crucial emerging technologies that will bring about striking changes to economic productivity, social interactions, and national security. Its significance is further accentuated …
