More Growth Through Less Red Tape
The United States of America is in a much better economic position than the countries of the European Union. This is not only reflected in the corporate structure, with the …
Role Reversal
The Trump Geoeconomic Approach Imitates Merkel The first three months of the Trump administration have seen what could be called the Germanization of U.S. foreign policy. Trump has taken on …
Friedrich Merz, Germany’s European Vision, and the Constraints of German Coalition Politics
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has been having quite a run. His chancellorship stumbled briefly out of the gate, with a second round of voting necessary in the Bundestag on May …
Divided We Fall
Discrimination within the LGBTQIA+ Community The LGBTQ+ community has always experienced discrimination and persecution. Even if the narrative prevails in some circles that equality has been achieved, discrimination and violence …
AGI Profiles: Lars Klingbeil
Leader of the Social Democratic Party, Minister of Finance, and Vice Chancellor of Germany In the aftermath of the 2025 German federal elections, both the Bundestag and German media were …
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Operation Plan Germany
Defense Is More Than Tanks and Drones Roughly a year ago, the German government took a significant step in the realm of homeland defense by adopting the classified “Operationsplan Deutschland” …
Friedrich Merz in Washington: AGI Expert Analysis in the Media
On June 5, 2025, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met President Donald Trump for the first time in the Oval Office. AGI President Jeff Rathke discussed the chancellor’s visit with multiple …
From Shame to Pride to Propaganda
The Political Afterlives of the Pink Triangle Symbols wield profound political significance, particularly within marginalized communities. They emerge from histories of exclusion and become tools of identity, resistance, and collective …
The Schuman Plan at 75 and the EU’s Global Role
On May 9, the European Union marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Schuman Plan, the project to create a European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) among six countries that was …
The American Revolution and Transatlantic Relations
History reminds that there is risk in forcing your vassals to become militarily self-sufficient. A people enjoying the protection of an offshore great power bristles at being asked to pay …
Forty Years After Forty Years After
Reflections on the Eightieth Anniversary of the End of World War II The 8 of May, 2025, is the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. …
AGI Profiles: Aminata Touré
Deputy Minister-President and Minister of Social Affairs, Youth, Family, Senior Citizens, Integration and Equality of the State of Schleswig-Holstein Born to refugee parents and now one of the youngest politicians …
What Germany Needs?
The 2025 CDU/CSU-SPD Coalition Agreement After the February 23, 2025, Bundestag election, only two majority coalition governments were possible under the Union leadership of Friedrich Merz. Given that an alliance …
“Never again Ignore”
Why supporting Ukraine is a strategic necessity, not simply a moral obligation Support for Ukraine is a strategic necessity. However, in Germany, support for the beleaguered country is mainly portrayed …
