Germany

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) with 7th Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Airborne Brigade, disembark an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 during Keen Sword 23 at Camp Ainoura, Japan, Nov. 16, 2022. Keen Sword is a biennial training event that exercises the combined capabilities and lethality developed between the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF). This bilateral field-training exercise betwe

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force disembark from a US Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey as part of joint military drill Operation Keen Sword in Kumamoto, Japan, on November 16, 2022. (Marine Corps photo by Justin Marty)

Commentary

Germany Shirks Its Defense Pledge, Imperiling the Asia "Pivot"

Mike Watson

Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft

Mike Watson

Dec 15, 2022

Commentary

2 Min Read

(Screenshot via ZDF)

In the Media

The German Economy between the US and China

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Nov 10, 2022

In the Media

(Screenshot via WELT)

In the Media

The Impact of the 2022 Midterms on Transatlantic Relations

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Nov 9, 2022

In the Media

(Screenshot via PULS24)

In the Media

Foreign Policy after the Midterms

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Nov 8, 2022

In the Media

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A bridge near the ThyssenKrupp steel factory in Duisburg, Germany, on October 6, 2022. (Lukas Schulze via Getty Images)

Commentary

Germans See Affluence Ahead

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 17, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

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German and Baltic NATO ships arrive in Stockholm, Sweden, in March 2022. (Frankie Fouganthin via Wikimedia Commons)

In the Media

The Future of Atlantic Alliances

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Aug 31, 2022

In the Media

Vladimir Putin in Moscow on June 30, 2022. (Kremlin via Wikimedia Commons)

In the Media

The Reality of Dealing with Putin

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Aug 25, 2022

In the Media

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a press conference after the EU Leaders Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on June 24, 2022. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

How to Trump-Proof Germany’s National Security Strategy

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Aug 9, 2022

Commentary

6 Min Read

A train from Kaliningrad enters Lithuania on April 16, 2022, in Kybartai, Lithuania. (Photo by Paulius Peleckis/Getty Images)

Commentary

NATO Must Back Lithuania Against Russian Coercion

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs & Timothy A. Walton

Jul 8, 2022

Commentary

5 Min Read

The Klingenberg natural gas-powered thermal power station on July 04, 2022, in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Commentary

Without a Major Shift in US Energy Policy, European Resistance to Russian Aggression and the Transatlantic Relationship Are at Risk

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

Angélique Talmor

Visiting Research Fellow

Thomas J. Duesterberg & Angélique Talmor

Jul 6, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

G7 leaders during a working session at the G7 summit in Schloss Elmau on June 28, 2022 near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau via Pool/Getty Images)

Commentary

End of the German Idyll