Germany’s doctrine of de-escalation and demilitarization had deep roots. Then, Russia invaded Ukraine. Speaking before the German...

The fall of the Berlin Wall was one of the most consequential events in modern history. Those who remember it can recall the reactions of...

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, millions of Ukrainians have been displaced, both within and outside the...

When hostilities between Russia and Ukraine erupted just a few weeks ago, NATO member states took measures to deter crisis by sending...

For most of Angela Merkel’s 16 years as chancellor, the leading German philosophy on financial and budgetary matters was simple. So...

Angela Merkel’s Germany usually espouses ideals of acceptance, tolerance, and inclusion. However, for transgender individuals, the...

In the 2017 German national elections, the populist radical-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party won 13 percent of seats in the...

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Brandenburg Gate has stood as a symbol for a nation rebuilt from the ravages of war and for the...

The German government’s historical record of integrating Muslim migrants is less than stellar. The 867,000 mostly Turkish-Muslim “guest...

Ask anyone who’s ever traveled to Berlin about their airport experience, and you’ll likely be met with a groan. While Berlin’s...

In Pflaumheim, a small German village about a marathon’s distance from Frankfurt, revealing that one “has a Polin,” or “Polish woman,”...

On a midnight raid in a rural region of Brittany, France, furious farmers blockaded roads with bales of hay. Other farmers dumped 3.5...

Since 2016, Portugal has enjoyed robust growth (at least relative to its European peers), climbing wages, and a precipitous drop in...

Free speech and the protection of vulnerable minority groups are two vital commitments of liberal democracies. Ideally, and indeed a lot...

In a given year, 4,224 people are killed by police brutality in Brazil (2016), 1,147 in the U.S. (2017), and 11 in Germany (2016). In...

In the German federal elections this past September, the country’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) received only 20.5 percent of the...

France and Germany have never been known for having much in common, but recent geopolitical events have shaken the countries’ political...

Dual training, a system in which apprentices split their time between a vocational school and a real-life company work environment, is an...

Four days after the election of Donald Trump, an article  in the New York Times opened with the ominous statement “and then there was...

Werner Weidenfeld is a German political scientist and served as the director of German-US relations for the German government. A...