After 18 years as leader of her party, and 13 as German Chancellor, Angela Merkel has announced that this will be her last term. How has she changed Germany and the world?
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The political power of Germany’s Russian community is significant, and it’s helped fuel the rise of the right-wing, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party known as the AfD.
France, Germany and other European countries are increasing their use of renewable energy sources as well as storage solutions to help overcome their intermittent nature.
She won’t stand again in 2021 – and it’s unlikely she’ll last until then either.
German politics is experiencing a major shift. Merkel knows her time is up.
Despite heated debates about immigration policy, German citizens’ views of migrants and a ‘refugee crisis’ changed little in the year after Angela Merkel’s 2015 decision to open borders.
The ‘resistance’ to the Trump administration has many forms, from grassroots organizing to making music. But a historian of 20th-century Germany asks whether opposing Trump is a real resistance.
Economic polarisation across Europe is becoming an important phenomenon, in part driven by monetary policies that can increase office prices and can even affect the fundamentals that drive the markets.
Though the fall of the Berlin Wall did not bring along the utopia many had hoped for, it is a symbolic moment for the victors of the Cold War.
To succeed, Europe needs citizens who are multilingual and open to the world. EU-level universities can lead the way with four key concepts: Identity, Diversity, Essence and Attractiveness
In the mid-1980s Germany was wracked by a toxic ‘Asyldebatte’ that bears similarities to what’s happening today.
The third repatriation of human remains in August this year was another missed opportunity for reconciliation between Germany and Namibia.
Watch out, Indonesia and South Africa.
If you believe everything you read, Germany is facing the abyss. But there’s actually a lot to be hopeful about.
The president, who called the European Union a ‘foe’ following a series of meetings in Europe, may not realize just how much Americans have gained from their relationship with Europe.
Camps of the 20th century were focused on resettlement. Today, the focus is on confining movement and deportation. What changed?
Even if Asia buys most of the natural gas the U.S. will be exporting soon, America’s growing role in that market could wind up reducing Russia’s political influence in Europe.
From awkwardness and confusion to rancour, Trump certainly left his mark on the 2018 NATO summit.
A life sentence for the neo-Nazi who murdered ten people. But questions remain about how she evaded authorities for more than a decade.
Controversial judicial appointments and divisive court rulings are not the norm everywhere. Here’s what the US could learn from Europe about ensuring ideological balance on the Supreme Court.
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Reader in Politics, Co-Director, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University
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Reader in European Politics, University of Westminster
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Professor in International History, Flinders University
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Professor in Contemporary European History, University of Stirling
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Economics at Maastricht School of Management and Jean Monnet Chair, Technical University of Cologne
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