List of Germany articles
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Protesters march past a vandalized European Election Banner of the German Social Democratic party SPD with an image of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and party top candidate Katarina Barley on May Day during the "Revolutionärer 1. Mai" demonstration on May 1, 2024 in Berlin. Politics Is Especially Violent in Germany
All of Europe is struggling with political violence—but Germany most of all.
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The blue-and-white Israeli flag is projected onto the Brandenburg Gate at night in Berlin. Spectators watch from the street, many holding umbrellas. How Germany Lost the Middle East
Berlin’s unequivocal support for Israel has eroded its soft-power footprint in the region.
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Lithuanian pianist Darius Mazintas plays music by Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, on Mount Kremyanets in Izyum, Kharkiv region. How Foreign Policy Shapes Music Around the World
From the United States to Ukraine, music has influenced—and been influenced by—international politics.
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Former German official Hans-Georg Maassen sits at a table as a witness during a Bundestag session. Maassen is a man in his late 50s, wearing a dark suit and a small pair of wire-frame glasses. His hands are flat on the table in front of him, and he wears a serious expression as he listens to a speaker. Germany Is Now Spying on Its Own Top Spy
Hans-Georg Maassen has a troubling relationship with the far-right—just like the agency he used to head.
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Four exhaust pipe towers from a gas pipeline station release smoke into the twilight sky. How Globalization Rose and Fell With Nord Stream
The pipeline bringing Russian gas to Europe was once seen as a triumph for borderless business—but Putin’s invasion of Ukraine put an end to that fantasy.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz appears with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the State Guest House in Beijing on April 16. The Strategic Unseriousness of Olaf Scholz
His latest trip confirms that Germany’s China policy is made in corporate boardrooms.
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The sun sets over the first offshore wind farm in France, off the coast of the western city of Saint-Nazaire. Can Wind and Solar Solve Climate Change?
A new book unwittingly makes the case that they can’t.
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Olaf Scholz boards a plane in Berlin on November 3, 2022 before their departure for China. Olaf Scholz Is on a Telltale China Trip
Europe is flexing its muscles with China—but may soon learn if Germany is really on board.
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An employee of the public health care makes noise with a cooking pot as she takes part in a protest rally during a warning strike in Stuttgart, Germany, on March 13, 2023. Germany Doesn’t Work Like It Used To
Short-term shocks and long-term trends are strangling Germans’ cooperative economy.
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Employees work in a textile factory in Karachi, Pakistan. New Hope for Pakistan’s Mistreated Workers
Germany’s new Supply Chain Act could help curb some of the world’s worst labor injustices.
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A group of dozens of protesters wearing winter coats and hats walk down a street at night carrying flags and signs. The largest visible flag shows the AfD crest and bears the words "We are the People" in German, written over the colors of the German flag. ‘Anyone Who Dares Call Us Nazis Will Be Reported’
Inside a remote forest town where Germany’s new right roosts.
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A rural view with a large field of solar panels in the foreground and a power plant in the background. How Europe’s Solar Industry Can Be Saved
A domestic manufacturing sector will enhance the EU’s long-term energy security.
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A car leaves a car carrier. China’s Global EV Domination Is Just Beginning
And the West isn’t ready for it.
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Demonstrators hold signs in support of Ukraine during a rally in Munich. One sign reads: "Ukraine welcome in NATO." Germany Is Failing Ukraine—and Europe
Berlin is scared of acknowledging Russia’s real threat.
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Friedrich Merz speaks at a joint press conference in the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus, headquarters for the CDU, in Berlin on February 13, 2023. This Really Isn’t Angela Merkel’s Center Right Anymore
To outflank the far right, Friedrich Merz has remade Germany’s CDU in his own image.
