Germany

Renewed defense spending by European states is in part a response to Russian aggression.

Many European far-right parties made their mark by railing against the EU. Now they are appealing to a pan-European identity to further their goal of a racially pure, white Christian continent.

Resistance to Chinese technology is growing in Germany—and the ripple effects could reach across the continent.

Impeachment drama on full display in Washington, fallout of the U.S. recognition of Israeli settlements, and the legacy of Bolivian President Evo Morales.

The former royal family lost countless artworks, palaces, and wealth in the 20th century. But were they victims—or enablers of the Nazis?

The fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago was a giddy moment, but the subsequent rush to tear down walls everywhere has yielded a global system in which bad actors are no longer held accountable. 

What it means to brand today’s right-wing leaders with the F-word—and why you probably shouldn’t.

Central bankers are recognizing they have the power and responsibility to fight climate change. The Bundesbank would rather not.

Berlin’s refusal to shut Huawei out of its 5G networks weakens Europe’s prospects of standing up to Beijing.

PiS won by offering provincial voters social benefits that transformed their lives. If Poland’s opposition wants to defeat the illiberal ruling party, it will have to offer an alternative welfare state model.

The new pipeline won’t deliver energy security. It will make the EU more dependent on a capricious Russia.

The far-right is associated with the disaffected masses—but has a growing intellectual class.

Feeling guilty for the carbon burned on your last flight? The Germans have a word for that.

New sanctions from the United States risk pushing Berlin firmly into Moscow’s geopolitical corner.

To pull its weight, it needs to start seeing itself as a normal country, subject to the same pressures as all its neighbors.

Arrests in Hong Kong, a proroguing prime minister, and criticism of World Bank funding in Xinjiang.

Eastern Germans increasingly claim to have freed themselves from communists, only to have been taken over by another dictatorship: western Germany.

Extremists will triumph in this weekend’s regional elections—and Angela Merkel’s party is starting to see their appeal.

Europe’s biggest economy could easily stop its own slide into long-term stagnation—but it would prefer not to.