Germany After the 2025 Federal Election
The 2025 Munich Security Conference underscored a pivotal shift in transatlantic relations: Europe must learn to stand more firmly on its own. With the outcome of Germany’s federal election, the country now faces a crucial test—shouldering greater security responsibilities beyond its traditional role as an economic powerhouse. In response, DGAP experts provide clear, actionable recommendations for how the new government can bolster Germany’s position in a world that is becoming increasingly fragmented.
A European Strategy of Economic Statecraft
The EU was built on openness to trade and finance, and not designed to cope with great power competition and the weaponization of interdependence. Now rapid change is needed.
A Different Way of Thinking about EU Enlargement and Reform
After a lost decade-and-a-half that saw the establishment of German predominance, there is now the acute danger of Berlin and Paris applying rejected ideas to enlarging and reforming the EU: Four principles for a future-oriented EU expansion and adaptation.
Germany’s Economic Myths Debunked
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Trumps Abkehr von Europa und die Folgen für unsere Sicherheitspolitik
Wolfgang Ischinger präsentiert in seiner Einführung seine Erwartungen an die künftigen transatlantischen Beziehungen, an Europas Rolle bei der Lösung des russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine und an die Möglichkeit einer Europäischen Verteidigungsunion als Antwort auf die aktuellen sicherheitspolitischen Herausforderungen.
