Home Issues Regions Search Menu
+
Hide
Tying loose ends and asking hard questions: What Germany’s EU presidency can achieve on defense

Tue, Mar 3, 2020

Post-Merkel Germany: What can Ukraine expect?

The race is on to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany’s political leader, with three candidates competing in a CDU party leadership contest. What could the outcome mean for German policy towards Ukraine and Russia?

UkraineAlert by Mattia Nelles

Germany Politics & Diplomacy
Tying loose ends and asking hard questions: What Germany’s EU presidency can achieve on defense

Tue, Mar 3, 2020

Germany and Poland compete for Ukrainian migrant workers

New German labor laws introduced in March 2020 make it easier for Ukrainians to be employed in the country. This is sparking fears in Ukraine—and Poland—that we may soon see a new wave of Ukrainian economic migration.

UkraineAlert by Alexander Khrebet

Germany Migration
Tying loose ends and asking hard questions: What Germany’s EU presidency can achieve on defense

Tue, Feb 18, 2020

Munich special edition: Is it time to worry about Germany?

It’s easy to understand why Germans defend the status quo, which has served them well over the past few decades. What’s unclear is how Germany will react with so many certainties shaken: the shape of the EU, relations with the U.S., the stability of German politics, and the durability of economic growth.

Inflection Points by Frederick Kempe

European Union Germany

Experts

Sophia Besch

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Defense Industry English

Future Europe Initiative

Portrait of a man

Graham Lampa

Director, Digital Communications

Media Politics & Diplomacy

Ole Moehr

Associate Director, Global Business & Economics Program

Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

Economic Sanctions Initiative Global Business & Economics Program

andrea-montanino

Andrea Montanino

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Business & Economics Program

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

Global Business & Economics Program

Julian Mueller-Kaler

Resident Fellow

Politics & Diplomacy Technology & Innovation

Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative GeoTech Center

Michael John Williams

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe & Eurasia Germany

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Load More

Content

Thu, Jul 9, 2020

Tying loose ends and asking hard questions: What Germany’s EU presidency can achieve on defense

Germany's challenge will be to tie the loose ends on defense and, building on the groundwork of the previous years, prepare for the future by asking hard questions about where Europe is going on this issue.

New Atlanticist by Olivier-Rémy Bel

Defense Policy European Union

Tue, Jul 7, 2020

Berlin takes over the EU presidency: Lower your expectations

If Germany achieves a breakthrough on even one of the big-ticket items of its presidency, it is despite the chancellor and its political elites’ legacy of European policy over the last decade. Those betting wisely would do best to lower expectations for a Germany that has yet to have a moment of truth with itself about its role in Europe and the world.

New Atlanticist by Jörn Fleck

Coronavirus European Union

Thu, Jul 2, 2020

What Poland wants when it comes to US troops

It's not a place the Polish government wants to be: caught between its crucial transatlantic ally the United States and its neighbor, Europe's most powerful country, Germany.

New Atlanticist by Teri Schultz

Defense Policy Germany

Fri, Jun 26, 2020

Germany may not like the American messenger. But it should heed his message.

The US president and the German government have given up on one another and withdrawn to their own camps, ignoring the growing structural issues in their bilateral ties that promise to linger no matter who wins the US presidential elections this fall.

New Atlanticist by Jeffrey Lightfoot

Defense Policy Germany

Thu, Jun 25, 2020

What’s at stake in Trump’s plans to withdraw troops from Germany

On June 15, US President Donald J. Trump confirmed press reports that he is planning to pull 9,500 US troops out of Germany, leaving 25,000 in the country. Here’s how the Atlantic Council’s experts are assessing the decision and its significance.

New Atlanticist by Katherine Walla

Defense Policy Germany

Wed, Jun 24, 2020

German defense minister responds to US plans for a troop drawdown

German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has warned that the US President Donald J. Trump administration's planned withdrawal of 9,500 American troops from her country—a move announced by the US president earlier this month—must not send Russia the signal “that the US is less interested in Europe.”

New Atlanticist by Larry Luxner

Germany NATO

Wed, Jun 24, 2020

The US is defending Europe by blocking Putin’s pipeline

Berlin has slammed US plans to impose harsh new sanctions on Vladimir Putin's Nord Stream 2 pipeline, but critics see the project as a direct threat to European security and energy independence.

UkraineAlert by Diane Francis

European Union Geopolitics & Energy Security

Tue, Jun 9, 2020

Binnendijk in Defense News: The folly of a NATO troop withdrawal decision

A draw down of US forces in Germany could have consequences for defense and deterrence in Northeastern Europe, NATO's Readiness Initiative, and the transatlantic relationship, writes Hans Binnendijk.

Timely Commentary & Analysis by Hans Binnendijk

Europe & Eurasia Germany

Tue, Jun 2, 2020

Trump’s G7 invite for Putin will encourage more war

US President Donald Trump wants to invite Vladimir Putin to the next G7 summit, despite the Russian leader's refusal to end the aggression against Ukraine that led to his initial suspension from G8 in 2014.

UkraineAlert by Yuliia Popyk

Conflict France

Tue, Mar 3, 2020

Post-Merkel Germany: What can Ukraine expect?

The race is on to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany's political leader, with three candidates competing in a CDU party leadership contest. What could the outcome mean for German policy towards Ukraine and Russia?

UkraineAlert by Mattia Nelles

Germany Politics & Diplomacy
Load More