Germany’s Election Winner Vows ‘Real Independence’ From U.S.
EXPERT INTERVIEW – In Germany, the votes are in, and the winner in a critical election is the party whose leader is a strong advocate […] More
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Far-Right Extremists and White Supremacists Grow More Emboldened
Bottom Line Up Front The terrorist attack in Hanau, Germany last week underscores a broader trend of white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other extremists operating […] More
Far-Right Terrorist Attack Puts Germany on Edge
Bottom Line Up Front Late Wednesday in Hanau, Germany a lone individual went on a terrorist rampage, shooting patrons at two hookah bars and […] More
30 Years After the Fall of the Wall
This Academic Incubator column is part of an academic partnership with the Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, presenting regular […] More
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Rogue Russian Actions in Europe
Bottom Line Up Front On December 4, Germany officially declared Russia was suspected in a brazen assassination in Berlin last August. German authorities believe […] More
Anti-Semitic Violence Strikes Germany on Yom Kippur
Bottom Line Up Front An anti-Semitic attack in Germany resulted in two dead as a white supremacy extremist symbolically chose Yom Kippur as a […] More
The Belt and Road Initiative and Increased Chinese Military and Security Presence Abroad
Bottom Line Up Front: In July 2019, China conducted joint military exercises with two European powers, Germany and France. Through Chinese president Xi Jinping’s […] More
The Comeback of Hate in Europe
Bottom Line Up Front Germany is experiencing a renewed wave of virulent anti-Semitism and intimidation and violence directed toward immigrants, especially Muslims. Some German […] More
Christchurch and the Globalization of Right-Wing Terrorism
Bottom Line Up Front A right-wing extremist is accused of committing a devastating act of terrorism in New Zealand last week, attacking two mosques […] More
The Global Divide Over the 5G National Security Risk
Fresh off the heels of the Munich security conference, a rift remains between the U.S. and its allies over their approach to 5G networks and […] More
Neo-Nazis, Right-Wing Revanchism and an Anxious Germany
The recent anti-immigrant mobs in Chemnitz, Germany, were stunning in their open embrace of racist ideology and Neo-Nazi propaganda. Germany has long suffered from residual […] More
Merkel’s Hail Mary Pass to Form a Government
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany succeeded in her reelection bid in September of this year, but her party’s ability to govern at all now stands […] More
Who Runs the West? Merkel Wins Again but Far Right Surges
Germany’s national elections on Sunday will go down in history as the event that, for the first time since WWII, brought a far-right, anti-immigrant, and, […] More
Russia Pulling Strings on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Just a few days away from the German federal election, a widely held opinion is that Germany has been spared from interference by Moscow. German […] More
General Chaos is the Kremlin’s Favorite Candidate
There can be no doubt that over the past ten years, Russia has honed its active measures operations – or covert action in U.S. intelligence […] More
Moscow Takes U.S. Meddling Tactics to German Vote
In less than a week, on September 24th, the German public will vote in the country’s general elections – not only to determine who will […] More
Russia Blends Cyber Attacks with Information War
Russia has shown it is both willing and capable of using cyber capabilities to interfere in the West’s democratic elections. With the German elections coming […] More
Paris and Berlin No Longer Look Outward to Secure Europe
With Britain leaving the EU, concerns about U.S. President Donald Trump’s commitment to Europe, and an increasingly aggressive Russia, Europeans – especially the French and […] More
Germany and France Close Ranks on Security Amid Global Uncertainty
With Britain leaving the EU, concern from Europeans about U.S. President Donald Trump’s commitment to Europe, and an increasingly aggressive Russia, Europeans are looking to […] More