Germany

Paris is cheap and Berlin has no strategy. For serious leadership, look to Warsaw.

The German philosopher is starting to outlive his liberal legacy.

The chancellor is hugely unpopular—and a popular minister is waiting in the wings.

The country’s failure to confront deadly extremists in the early 2000s should be a warning.

How industrial power and innovation helped turn the war.

A new so-called left-conservative party seeks a foothold in the European Parliament elections.

All of Europe is struggling with political violence—but Germany most of all.

Berlin’s unequivocal support for Israel has eroded its soft-power footprint in the region.

From the United States to Ukraine, music has influenced—and been influenced by—international politics.

Hans-Georg Maassen has a troubling relationship with the far-right—just like the agency he used to head.

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.

His latest trip confirms that Germany’s China policy is made in corporate boardrooms.

A new book unwittingly makes the case that they can’t.

Europe is flexing its muscles with China—but may soon learn if Germany is really on board.

Short-term shocks and long-term trends are strangling Germans’ cooperative economy.