Tag Archives: Germany politics

Olaf Scholz: The CDU’s Best Chancellor Candidate

By , September 1, 2021 in Rethinking Europe

If Germany’s CDU had used an executive search firm to find a successor for Angela Merkel as Chancellor, it would have probably come up with an intriguing proposition.

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Merkel to Germany: “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”

By , February 1, 2016 in Rethinking Europe, Global HotSpots, Richter Scale

Will the German Chancellor rely on a 1965 blues rock hit by The Animals to explain her course reversal on refugees?

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A Letter to My German Friends

By , August 27, 2015 in Rethinking Europe, Global HotSpots

From the Vietnam War to the eurozone crisis: What today’s Germany must learn from LBJ.

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The Failure of Politics: Merkel’s Euro Debacle?

By , July 23, 2015 in Rethinking Europe, Global HotSpots

On the costs of the illusion that the Euro would only bring benefits.

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