Germany
The Official German Commitment to Fighting Anti-Semitism
Budapest On May 6, 2013, in a major speech to the World Jewish Congress in Budapest, German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle continued an official German tradition. Like German foreign ministers and chancellors before him, he enunciated the five golden rules of Germany’s postwar commitment to Jews: acknowledgement of the breadth and depth… Read more >
Schaeuble’s Interim Banking Union
In a recent article for the Financial Times, Germany’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble finally explained to an international audience why he thinks treaty changes are necessary in order to provide “a safe legal base for a European resolution authority,” arguably the most controversial part of the banking union that euro area countries… Read more >
Raimund Bleischwitz
| Programs: Foreign & Domestic Policy Program
Prof. Dr. Raimund Bleischwitz is Co-Director on ‘Material Flows and Resource Management’ at the Wuppertal Institute (WI) in Germany, and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. Economist by training, Raimund has twenty years plus experience in research on environmental and resource economics, raw material conflicts, sustainability, resource efficiency,… Read more >
Knocking on Germany’s Door
There may be a lot of grumbling in parts of Europe about German arrogance in dealing with the euro crisis, but it has not interfered with record numbers of people immigrating to Germany. Last year that number totaled more than a million new immigrants (Statistisches Bundesamt), a wave not seen in over… Read more >
At Issue Interview: Reinhard Buetikofer
In this latest installment of the AICGS At Issue Interview Series, AICGS President Jack Janes sat down with Green Party member Reinhard Buetikofer to discuss the state of the Green Party as it prepares for Germany’s general election in September. Which domestic and European-wide issues could play a major role for all… Read more >
At Issue Interview: Peter Beyer
AICGS Senior Fellow Alexander Privitera sat down with Peter Beyer, member of the Christian Democratic Union, to discuss the current political landscape in Germany with general elections on the horizon. What effect is the recently formed anti-euro movement, Alternative fuer Deutschland, having on domestic German politics and how can Germany approach the… Read more >
Selling the German Model
In my recent piece from the Financial Times (paid content), I argue that the German economic model being sold so aggressively throughout the euro zone may not be the most effective policy for Europe’s lagging economies. The mere fact that some Germans still debate its benefits should raise a red flag for those… Read more >
Renewing the Green Agenda
The Green Party in Germany geared up for the battle for Berlin this past weekend at their party conference. With the elections now less than five months away, the party is betting its chances on both its own platform and a commitment to form a government with the Social Democrats if the… Read more >
Germany, not Japan, as Essential Partner of the United States
This recent essay from Harry & Helen Gray Senior Fellow Dr. Lily Gardner Feldman explores the ever-evolving German-American relationship in the context of the U.S.’ proposed “pivot” toward Asia under the current Obama administration. While many believe that Japan will become America’s key ally as it attempts to hedge against a rising… Read more >
A Discussion with Dr. Gale Mattox and Dr. Kuniko Ashizawa
In this latest installment of the At Issue Interview Series, AICGS President Jack Janes sat down with Dr. Gale Mattox, Senior Visiting Fellow of the AICGS Foreign & Domestic Policy Program, and Dr. Kuniko Ashizawa, Visiting Fellow at the Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS, to discuss the… Read more >
