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Will Trump’s Diesel Threat Force Europe to Release Its Emergency Fuel Reserves?
The Trump administration has warned France and Germany to release emergency diesel reserves to help lower global fuel prices or risk facing a potential...
Russia and Germany Hold First High-Level Diplomatic Talks Since 2022 at UN
The foreign ministers of Russia and Germany met in New York during the UN General Assembly, marking their first discussions since Russia invaded Ukraine...
Germany under Chancellor Friedrich Merz amid State Elections
The Rise of the AfD and the Political Fragmentation Reflected in the Vote
The election in Saxony-Anhalt on 6 September marked the first sign of...
Germany’s Zeitenwende: The Turning Point Before 2029
On February 27, 2022, three days into a war nobody in Berlin had planned for, Olaf Scholz walked into an emergency session of the...
Lessons from German-Dutch Military Integration for Japan and South Korea
The NATO Response Force (NRF) and EU Battlegroups have demonstrated that placing multinational forces on standby does not automatically make them immediately operational. German-Dutch...
AfD Gains Ground as Merz Calls Germany State Election Result a ‘Disaster’
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won first place in state elections in northeastern Germany, marking the worst result for Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative...
German General Carsten Breuer Elected to Head NATO Military Committee
General Carsten Breuer from Germany has been chosen as the next head of NATO's military committee, a key advisory body for the alliance's political...
Germany’s Bond Market Isn’t Pricing This Crisis At All
Ten-year Bund yields hit their highest level since 2011 the week the AfD won 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt — the worst state...
Söder’s Loyalty to Merz Is Real. It’s Also Free
Within days of the CDU's worst-ever state election result, CSU leader Markus Söder ruled out any move against Chancellor Friedrich Merz "under no circumstances,"...
The Most Dangerous Number in Germany’s Sunday Votes Isn’t the AfD’s
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, incumbent SPD premier Manuela Schwesig leads her AfD challenger, Leif-Erik Holm, 60% to 25% in head-to-head polling. It is not close. And...