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Is Germany making the same Russia mistake — just in reverse?
Dear Reader,
Dec 20
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Jörg Luyken
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What Trump’s security doctrine really means for Germany
Dear Reader,
Dec 17
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Jörg Luyken
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Soldiers at Christmas markets: a glimpse of Germany’s future?
A warning from France
Dec 13
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Jörg Luyken
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A narrow win on pensions is testing Merz' leadership
By forcing through a stopgap reform, the German chancellor is buying time — but leaving long-term sustainability concerns unresolved.
Dec 10
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Rachel Stern
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Could a law to protect sex workers in Germany do the opposite?
We spoke with a Berlin-based sex worker and activist caught in the middle of the country's debate on partially banning prostitution.
Dec 6
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Rachel Stern
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The AfD paradox
Jan 16
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Jörg Luyken
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Time to bring back military conscription
Mar 9
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Jörg Luyken
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The fall of the Wall
Jan 26
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Jörg Luyken
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‘The school system in Germany is still quite unequal’
Sep 13
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Rachel Stern
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Germany’s New Sonderweg: Why the ‘Special Path’ Theory Matters in 2025
The concept of the German Sonderweg — a “special path” of German political development — has shaped debates in history for nearly a century.
Nov 15
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Jörg Luyken
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Fireworks, water cannon and flying fists outside the AfD youth congress
In Gießen, 25,000 protesters, 6,000 police and the AfD’s new youth wing turned up for a showdown over who controls the country’s streets.
Dec 3
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Jörg Luyken
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Is this Germany's 'Stop the Steal'?
The party that missed the Bundestag by fractions of a point in February is reluctant to accept the result... but do they have a point?
Nov 22
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Rachel Stern
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The German vigilantes who made it onto Trump's terror list
Dear Reader,
Nov 29
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Jörg Luyken
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A podcast comment, a resignation, and a reminder of Germany's historical duty
What the AfD leader in Saxony-Anhalt framed as philosophy, others saw as a dangerous taboo breach. Who draws the line?
Nov 26
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Rachel Stern
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Pension reform sparks crisis inside Merz’s CDU
A showdown over pension reform is pitting Merz against his own youth wing — with the coalition’s stability on the line.
Nov 19
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Jörg Luyken
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Is German democracy under threat (again)?
Germany's President Frank Walter-Steinmeier (SPD) got into hot waters for invoking history to make a case against the AfD. Was he right to do so?
Nov 12
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Rachel Stern
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Hot metal, cold economics - the unravelling of German steel
Germany’s steel industry, once a symbol of strength, now faces soaring costs, global competition, and uncertain survival.
Nov 5
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Jörg Luyken
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Germany: A nation of mobile dead zones?
Why there continues to be many areas in Germany with little (or no) mobile reception
Nov 8
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Rachel Stern
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A cancelled trip, a chip crisis, and Germany’s China problem
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul postponed a high-level trip to China amid a stand-off over chip exports for the car industry
Oct 29
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Rachel Stern
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