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Could Maduro's capture affect cocaine trafficking in Germany?
Europe is becoming a top destination for cocaine smugglers. What accounts for the rise of the hard drug, and does disgraced Venezuelan President Nicolás…
Jan 10
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Rachel Stern
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Silence on Venezuela - a wise strategy?
Is Merz right not to criticise Trump over Maduro abduction?
Jan 7
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Jörg Luyken
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Is Germany making the same Russia mistake — just in reverse?
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Dec 20, 2025
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Jörg Luyken
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What Trump’s security doctrine really means for Germany
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Dec 17, 2025
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Jörg Luyken
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Soldiers at Christmas Markets: Is This Germany’s Security Future?
From France to Germany, armed security is reshaping public life. What soldiers at Christmas markets say about terrorism and the future of Europe.
Dec 13, 2025
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Jörg Luyken
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Why Alice Weidel Called Hitler “Left-Wing” — and What It Reveals About the AfD
Jan 16, 2025
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Why Insulting Politicians Is a Crime in Germany (and What Berlin’s ‘Mini Erdogans’ Reveal)
Nov 22, 2024
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Jörg Luyken
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Why Germany Is Losing Its Best Talent: Inside the Growing Brain Drain
Jun 16, 2024
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Jörg Luyken
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Time to bring back military conscription
Mar 9, 2025
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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, 2025
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Rachel Stern
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Could changing Germany’s sex work laws make sex workers less safe?
Germany is debating a partial ban on prostitution. Sex workers warn the Nordic Model could increase danger, secrecy and exploitation.
Dec 6, 2025
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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Rachel Stern
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The German vigilantes who ended up on Trump's terror list
A little-known German extremist group was added to a US terror list under Trump — exposing the spread of political violence in eastern Germany.
Nov 29, 2025
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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Jörg Luyken
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Germany’s infrastructure problem: energy, transport and connectivity
Germany’s infrastructure strains reveal a common pattern: ambitious targets, slow delivery and networks increasingly misaligned with political goals.
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Germany’s armed forces: readiness, rearmament and reality
How years of denial, underinvestment and political hesitation have left Germany struggling to turn the Zeitenwende into usable military power.
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German media: public broadcasters, tabloids, trust — and the rise of alternatives
From public broadcasting scandals to tabloid power and pandemic moralising: how German media narratives shape politics, polarisation and public trust.
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Germany in the world
Germany’s post-Cold War foreign policy prioritized trade over security. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced a strategic shift, exposing vulnerabilities…
May 11, 2025
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Germany in decline: why the country’s old model is failing
The Federal Republic's reputation has suffered badly over the past 10 years.
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