German Council on Foreign Relations

Military Mobility

Getting Germany’s ­Transportation Infrastructure Up to Speed

Germany is NATO’s linchpin for moving military assets to its eastern flank. Yet the decay of the country’s infrastructure, its prohibitive bureaucracy, capacity constraints, and vulnerability to physical and cyber threats cripple military mobility. This undermines Germany’s ability to fulfill its obligations under NATO’s New Force Model at a time when Russia represents an increasingly acute threat and Berlin is about to deploy a full brigade to Lithuania.

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Jannik Hartmann
Policy Brief

Standardizing the future

How can the United States navigate the geopolitics of international technology standards?
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Giulia Neaher
Julian Müller-Kaler
Dr. David A. Bray
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External Publications

It’s Fun to Be a Foreign Correspondent in France

Foreign journalists wield extraordinary influence in France. That’s partly because the foreign media is integral to President Macron’s economic and foreign policy strategy.

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Joseph de Weck
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