List of Germany articles
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An almost empty Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg Gate on March 19, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. In Germany, Coronavirus Is No Longer a Distant Threat
Germans used to be happy they were far away from China, but as COVID-19 ravages Europe, they no longer feel safely removed.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Aug. 15, 2019. The Virus Has Exposed the Recklessness of Trump’s “America First”
The world needs to cooperate to beat the coronavirus pandemic. That includes you, President Trump.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel The Coronavirus Is Reducing Merkel’s EU Legacy to Ashes
Preventing a total European meltdown will require the German chancellor to fully abandon her cherished vision for the continent.
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U.S. President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Emmanuel Macron The Coronavirus Pandemic Tells a Tale of 3 Leaders
Over 24 hours, Trump, Macron, and Merkel each addressed their nations—and revealed their very different understandings of the world.
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German Chancellor and leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel chats with her colleague Armin Laschet, governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, at a meeting of the CDU leadership on Nov. 27, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. You May Miss Merkel More Than You Think
The lame-duck German chancellor has become a problem for the world. The frontrunner to take over will probably be even worse.
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French President Emmanuel Macron meets police officers during a visit to Mulhouse, in eastern France, on Feb. 18. Emmanuel Macron’s War on Islamism Is Europe’s Future
The French president’s recent speech is a sign that moderate leaders are waking up to the threat posed by political Islam.
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U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell Richard Grenell: Pundit, Envoy, Spokesman. Spy?
His ascension to the highest intelligence post in the United States heightens fears that the Trump administration is politicizing intelligence.
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South Korea’s Hyundai Coronavirus Begins to Spread Economic Gloom Worldwide
Supply chain disruptions are upsetting markets globally, but especially in Asia.
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Angela Merkel and Friedrich Merz Friedrich Merz Is Ready to Bury Angela Merkel
The German chancellor’s most likely successor wants to end her way of doing politics.
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Angela Merkel and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Why Angela Merkel’s Succession Plan Failed
The German chancellor’s anointed successor says she will no longer seek the country’s top position. Berlin now faces months of political uncertainty.
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Björn Höcke and Thomas Kemmerich Behold Germany’s Post-Merkel Future and Despair
The chancellor’s pathological centrism has helped make her party morally blind.
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Dan Saelinger illustration for Foreign Policy Can Social Democrats Save the World (Again)?
Communism and democratic socialism won’t heal today’s political divisions. But social democracy—which helped ward off extremism following World War II—could.
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An AfD election brochure in Russian and German Immigrants Are Big Fans of Germany’s Anti-Immigrant Party
The fiercest devotees of the far-right AfD aren’t native Germans but migrants from Russia.
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IG-flugscham-flying-shame-decoder-germany-climate-martina-flor The Words That Explained the World in 2019
A look at terms from India and El Salvador to South Korea and Ukraine.
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The BT-9 guard tower, part of the Berlin Wall exhibit at the Newseum in Washington before its closure in December. Why the Berlin Wall Still Matters
Fragments of the wall have become museum pieces. But with the rise of extremist parties in Germany, the debate over the barrier’s legacy is anything but history.
