New Atlanticist
May 6, 2025
Is Merz’s double-take chancellor vote a sign of things to come in Germany?
By
Jörn Fleck and Jurek Wille
It took two rounds of voting in the Bundestag to elect Friedrich Merz chancellor, a sign of division unprecedented in modern German history.
New Atlanticist
May 1, 2025
Foreign policy was a hot topic in Canada’s election. Now it’s on Carney to make it last.
By
Imran Bayoumi, Maite Gonzalez Latorre
The campaign is over. Now, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney faces several important choices, from how to increase defense spending to what a new relationship with the United States should look like.
Transatlantic Horizons
Charting an ambitious agenda for the United States and Europe for 2025 and beyond.
New Atlanticist
Feb 4, 2025
The next German chancellor must lead from the front, not the middle, on European security
By
Rachel Rizzo, James Batchik
From support for Ukraine to defense spending, German leaders would be wise to take the phrase Führung aus der Mitte permanently out of their vocabulary.
New Atlanticist
Feb 19, 2025
Germany’s economy has gone from engine to anchor. Here’s what the next chancellor faces.
By
Piotr Arak
Revitalizing growth in Germany’s economy, which appears increasingly mired in stagnation, will demand urgent action from the next chancellor.
