Germany’s Government Lacks New Ideas, and It Shows
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.
MAGA and Regime Change in Europe
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.
Germany Needs to Face the New Economic Reality
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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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.”