Germany

Geopolitical ignorance is no longer funny when it impacts U.S. national security.

In the long run, the COVID-19 pandemic may change Europe’s economy for the better.

Trump’s calls to withdraw U.S. troops from the country are impulsive, but Germany isn’t blameless.

Bases in Europe have always aided American hegemony more than local defense.

Germany’s reopening is working because Angela Merkel treats citizens like adults; China’s is succeeding because people see results. In India, there’s no trust—and little evidence of progress.

Europe’s pandemic bailouts are trying to save the continent’s economy. Less clear is if they can save the planet.

In a striking reversal, Merkel joins with France in recommending a euro fund that could be a timid first step toward greater integration.

Berlin’s floundering tells an ominous story about Europe’s technological leadership during the pandemic—and afterward.

People love to hate Germany—but the country is doing far more than most nations to help its European neighbors fight the coronavirus.

The pandemic proves a mixed blessing: Deportations are suspended but so is health care.

The Bavarian governor’s law-and-order paternalism has been extraordinarily popular—and could shape the country’s post-Merkel future.

Without mutual debt in the form of Eurobonds, the continent’s economic crisis will get worse, Euroskepticism will increase, and the EU could fall apart.

The continent’s borders are closed, as extreme nationalists always wanted—but they’re one of the pandemic's victims anyway.

A trans-Atlantic chasm has opened up on pandemic labor policy. We’ll soon know which side got it right.

Southern countries push for a eurobond while the wealthy North says “nein.”