In the news…
The ACG brings its members a compilation of timely analyses and opinion pieces on transatlantic issues. Articles are then posted to the website the following week. (March 15, 2024)
Germany and the World
Germany’s Reputation for Decisive Leadership is in Tatters When Europe Needs It Most – Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
Sicherheitsrisiko Deutschland – Sebastian Matthes, Handelsblatt
Germany: The Weakest Link – Edward Lucas, CEPA
How Germany Became a Security Liability – Katja Hoyer, The Spectator
War in Ukraine, Taurus Missiles, Russian Espionage: Is Germany in Trouble? – Jacques-Pierre Gougeon, L’IRIS
AI and Technology
Charting the Geopolitics and European Governance of Artificial Intelligence – Raluca Csernatoni, Carnegie Europe
A World Divided Over Artificial Intelligence – Aziz Huq, Foreign Affairs
Politics and the Far Right
Geostrategy From the Far Right – Max Becker and Nicolai von Ondarza, SWP
Which Options Does AfD Have After the European Elections in June? – Theodoros Benakis, European Interest
Europe’s Center Right Is Enabling the Authoritarian Turn – Georgios Samaras, Jacobin
The U.S.’s Best German Ally? The Greens – Stephan Richter, The Globalist
Cool to be Far Right? Young Europeans Are Stirring a Political Youthquake – Anthony Faiola and Catarina Fernandes Martins, The Washington Post
Memory Culture, Remembrance, and Society
The Fight for Germany’s ‘Memory Culture’ – Tobias Buck, The Financial Times
Warum Opfer neonazistischer Gewalt so schnell vergessen werden – Martina Scherf, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Superwahljahr 2024: Elections in Portugal
Der Rechtsruck in Portugal ist ein denkbar schlechtes Signal für die Europawahl – Sandra Louven, Handelsblatt
Portugal Joins Europe’s Shift to the Right as Populist Chega Party Surges in Election – Joao Lima and Henrique Almeida, TIME Magazine
Portugal Has Accelerated Europe’s Right-Wing Shift – Peter Franklin, UnHerd