Worth the Wait?
The development and potential impact of Germany’s forthcoming national security strategy It’s almost here. After missing the promised delivery target of December 2022 and the backup deadline of the 2023 …
Making Sense of Berlin’s Extraordinary Election
A glorious winner, many losers, and the politics of coalition building On November 16, 2022, the Constitutional Court of the city-state Berlin judged that the 2021 state-level parliamentary election had …
Alexander Ritzmann, DAAD/AICGS Research Fellow
AICGS is pleased to welcome Alexander Ritzmann as a DAAD/AICGS Research Fellow from March to June 2023. He has been working on the promotion of liberal democracy and human rights …
No Cyber Resilience, No Economic Resilience
When Russia attacked Ukraine starting in late February 2022, it did so not only with bombs, missiles, and tanks but also with hackers. Massive cyberattacks were carried out on Ukraine’s …
AICGS Profiles: Andreas Michaelis
State Secretary, Federal Foreign Office Andreas Michaelis currently serves as a state secretary in the German Federal Foreign Office, a position he has held since January 2022. Over the course …
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Episode 79: Germany’s Public Health Care System
On this episode of The Zeitgeist, AICGS president Jeff Rathke and Dr. Christine Arentz, Professor for Health Economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne, discuss Germany’s public health …
Shaping Foreign Policy
Germany’s “Feminist” Approach to the War on Ukraine The views expressed in this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of the U.S. Government. “As long as …
No Vodka for Lunch
Germany’s Feminist Foreign Policy as Part of the Zeitenwende Reports about German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock’s first visit to Moscow on January 18, 2022, recorded that she told Russian foreign …
Olaf Scholz in Washington: AICGS Expert Analysis in the Media
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met President Biden on March 3, 2023, for a one-on-one meeting. AICGS President Jeff Rathke discussed the chancellor’s visit with multiple media outlets. The two leaders …
Olaf Scholz: The Indispensable Element of a Sustainable China Strategy
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to Washington on March 3, at a peak of transatlantic focus on supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s aggression. President Biden’s bold visit to …
Episode 78: Transatlantic Trade Cooperation for the Future—A Conversation with Dan Mullaney
Dan Mullaney, Former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East, is our guest for this episode of The Zeitgeist. Together with AICGS President Jeff Rathke and Peter …
Cluster Headache
What one headline from Munich reveals about Germany a year into the war in Ukraine The 2023 Munich Security Conference produced several significant storylines. In general, Western leaders demonstrated unity …
The Not-so-Sudden Death of Weimar Democracy
January 30, 1933, the day that Reich President Paul von Hindenburg appointed the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany—and a day whose 90th anniversary we marked last month—was …
Episode 77: Zeitenwende Anniversary
On February 27, 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made an historic speech to the German Bundestag, declaring a historic turning point (Zeitenwende) for Germany’s security and defense policy following Russia’s …
