Opinion Headlines
- Germans Learn Why Friends Spy on Friends. By Josef Joffe. 8-20-14
- Germany U.S. relations. “Behind the Fraying U.S. – Germany Bonds” 7-31-14
- Germany. “Spies Like Us.” [Reports say Germany eavesdropped on two Secretaries of State.] 8-18-14
- Germany. “Merkel Confronts Anti-Semitism.” [The Chancellor affirms Germany’s best liberal traditions.] 9-16-14
- Germany. “Angela Merkel’s Putin Problem.” [Hoping a shaky cease-fire holds in Ukraine, because backup plans are scarce.] by Matthew Kaminski. 10-3-14
- Europe. “Merkel on the Ropes.” [She could lose, but Germany needs a competitive election.] 2-10-17
- Germany. “Merkel’s Election Rally.” [She still lacks a platform, but a free-market party could help.] 5-16-17
- Germany. “What Germany Owes Its Neighbors.” By Taylor Dinerman. [Why should the U.S. bear a greater burden in Eastern Europe?] 5-24-17
- Germany. “Angela Merkel’s Lament.” [A difference on climate doesn’t mean a U.S. retreat from Europe.] 5-30-17
- Germany. “Buying More Chevys Won’t Fix Germany’s Imbalance.” By Jason Furman. [Berlin has a huge surplus in its current account, but the bilateral deals Trump has in mind won’t help.” 6-8-17
- Germany. “Germany’s Boring Election Is Nothing to Snore At.” By Josef Joffe. [A bland and predictable campaign should be admired in the midst of a chaotic Continent.] 9-11-17
- Germany. “Winning Again Is Merkel’s Easiest Task.” [The world may be expecting more than Germany is able to deliver.] 9-19-17
- Germany. “Afternoon in Germany.” [Merkel’s campaign coasts on a mood of public complacency.] 9-21-17
- Germany. “Merkeldammerung.” [Merkel wins again but Germans show a desire for more choices.] 9-25-17
- Germany. “Angela Merkel’s Failing Center.” [Pragmatism isn’t practical when it fails to inspire voters.] 11-21-17
- Germany. “Merkel’s Not-So-Grand Coalition.” [To duck a new election, she may move further left on policy.] 12-8-17
- Germany. “Is Germany Slouching Toward Weimar Again?” by Josef Joffe. [No. Today’s immigration problem is much more limited than the social ills of the postwar period.] 9-24-18
- Germany. “Germany’s Green Party Emerges as the Center-Left Opposition.” By Joseph C. Sternberg. [Its impressive showings int state elections suggest reports of the far right’s rise were exaggerated.] 10-26-18
- Germany. “The Merkel Extension.” [Germany’s largest party gives the Chancellor a little more time.] 12-8-18
- Germany. “Germany’s Coalition of the Dwindling.” [Realignment is reshaping politics even in staid Berlin.] 6-4-19
- Germany. “The Ghost of Weimar Germany Is Only a Ghost.” By Josef Joffe. [A political assassination renews fears, but the far right remains weak, disorganized and isolated.] 7-22-19
- Germany. “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Germany?” [Berlin prepares to cave to the Keynesians but could do so much better.] 8-20-19
- Germany. “Everyone Loses in Germany.” [Voters in state elections effectively choose ‘none of the above.’” 9-3-19
- Germany. “I Found Intolerance in Germany, and Not on the Right.” By Bruce Gilley. [The organizer of the conference in Heidelberg reproached me for briefing the main opposition party.] 1-9-20
- Germany. “Post-Merkel Germany’s Race for the Center.” By Josef Joffe. [Regardless of who wins, Sunday’s election will deliver a coalition that governs by consensus.] 9-24-21
- Germany. “Will Germany’s Turnabout Last?” by Josef Joffe. [The shift is dramatic and important. It’s perilous as well, especially if Putin suppresses Ukraine.] 3-3-22
- Germany. “Germany Finally Say the F-Word: ‘Fracking.’” By Joseph C. Sterberg. [A country used to buying gas elsewhere suddenly remembers there’s a lot in the ground at home.] 10-7-22
- Germany. “Germany Debates How Much to Rely on China.” By Joseph C. Sternberg. [Commercial independence is difficult for businesses that face a hostile climate in their home country.] 11-4-22
- Germany. “Germany Shirks Its Defense Pledge, Imperiling the Asia ‘Pivot.’” by Mike Watson. [Japan, by contrast, is rearming, alarmed by China’s aggression and America’s distraction.] 12-16-22