The war in Ukraine is displacing millions of people. Many women and children are leaving the country. But, there are also women who have stayed behind and been on the frontline of the war in Ukraine – as fighters and as medics. They are tenacious in defending their homes and their country from Russian attacks....
Germany has made a dramatic shift in its foreign, defense, and energy policy as a direct result of the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine. After decades of Ostpolitik (a foreign policy of détente toward the Soviet Union and then Russia) and Wandel durch Handel (or “change through trade”), we have seen a major pivot in German policy toward Russia....
Each week, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. Join us on Monday, May 16 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with opinion writer for Der Tagesspiegel Malte Lehming, who will discuss the state election in North Rhine Westphalia and other political developments...
In March, the Social Democrats were able to win by a wide margin in state elections in the Saarland, a small state on the border of France and Luxembourg. Earlier this month, voters in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein gave the Christian Democrats an election victory. The Greens also did well – but the Free...
Nearly 12 months since it was created, on May 15 and 16 the co-chairs of the U.S.-EU Technology and Trade Council (TTC) are meeting for the second time in Paris,...