German Council on Foreign Relations

Germany’s Government Lacks New Ideas, and It Shows

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The Christian Democrats and Social Democrats of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’ coalition government have made an effort to get along better. So far, however, they have failed to come up with the new approaches in security and economic policy that the country needs.

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Dr. Henning Hoff
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Berlin Cable
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MAGA and Regime Change in Europe

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The new US foreign and security policy is often described as isolationist. It’s true that, under Trump, US aspirations to shape the global order are decreasing. At the same time, its activities in Europe are increasing: not in military terms, but in political ones.

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Jacob Ross
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The Wider View
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Germany Needs to Face the New Economic Reality

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The Merz government has the chance to improve the country’s geoeconomic resilience and strengthen its global economic position with its proposed new Economic Security Strategy.

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Filip Medunić
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Moldova’s High-Stakes Election

The country is battling for its future amid a tug-of-war between the Kremlin and its friends in Western Europe.
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Anastasia Pociumban
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Climate Tipping Threats

Addressing Systemic Risk Through Germany’s National ­Security Council and Its Bid for the UN Security Council
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Dr. Erin Pobjie
Dr. Kira Vinke
Germany must confront climate tipping threats now through foresight, cooperation, and security reform.
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Europe in a US Grand Strategy of Restraint

The Trump administration has sent (sometimes conflicting) signals that it wants Europe to assume greater responsibility for its own security. Within Trump’s coalition, one influential faction calls for a fundamental rethinking of US global engagement: a “grand strategy of restraint.”

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