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Constanze Stelzenmüller

Constanze Stelzenmüller writes commentary on global affairs for the Financial Times. An expert on German, European, and transatlantic foreign and security policy and strategy, she is currently the Fritz Stern Chair and a senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution.
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    US foreign policy
    Clash of the new Republican visions for America’s global role

    As Nato and the NatCons meet, Republican foreign policy views mark a break with Reagan’s traditional conservatism

    US Sen, J. D. Vance
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    Alternative for Germany
    Germany’s mature democracy must beat the far right without banning it

    The AfD displays staying power despite scandals that have dented its poll ratings and support in local elections

    Illustration of a map of Germany coloured in the black, red and yellow of the flag, with a big red arrow swinging to the right
  • Monday, 22 April, 2024
    US foreign policy
    Don’t relax, Europe — the US hard right isn’t finished yet

    Ultraconservative Americans have views about the old continent that would dismay most Europeans

    Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump dances as he departs after speaking at a rally this month in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania
  • Monday, 4 March, 2024
    EU defence
    Germany, France and how not to do deterrence

    The EU’s two leading powers are causing confusion and anger among allies as Ukraine’s future hangs by a thread

    A Taurus air-launched cruise missile attached to the underside of the wing of a plane
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
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    Germans push back against extremist AfD

    Potential plan for mass deportations raises the alarm

  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    German politics
    Germany’s moderate middle is back in a volatile political age

    While ordinary citizens march against the far right, Sahra Wagenknecht promises realignment on the left

    Thousands of people hold up their cell phones at night in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin
  • Friday, 29 December, 2023
    German politics
    Merz holds the future of the German centre-right in his hands

    Support for the rival AfD is growing ahead of key regional elections next year

    A middle-aged man in a suit clasps his hands earnestly while talking
  • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    US and Germany risk owning Ukraine’s stalling war effort

    The onus is on European allies to step up support and chart a path for Kyiv towards Nato and EU membership

    Olaf Schholz and Joe Biden at the G7 in June 2022
  • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
    Europe
    Relations between Warsaw and Berlin deteriorate as Polish elections near

    This key relationship within Europe is mired in hate, lies and condescension

    Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, at a press conference this month
  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
    German politics
    How a regional poll turned into a debate about Germany’s past and future

    An antisemitism scandal has derailed Christian Democrat hopes for forthcoming elections

    Hubert Aiwanger smiles and holds his hands aloft with a hooded peregrine falcon sitting on his right hand
  • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
    Alternative for Germany
    Mainstream German parties have made it too easy for the far-right AfD

    The party is becoming more disciplined as it senses power in some eastern states is within reach

    Maximilian Krah, leading pick of the AfD for the European parliament elections, calls the EU a ‘vassal’ of the US and wants to replace it with a ‘confederacy of fatherlands’
  • Friday, 16 June, 2023
    German politics
    Germany finds that on defence, growing up is hard to do

    The country’s first ever national security strategy is a mixture of good and bad news

    A female army recruit of the Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces, takes part in basic training last November near Prenzlau
  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    OutlookWar in Ukraine
    Viewed from Kyiv, Europe’s strengths and weaknesses are painfully visible

    A recent trip to the city demonstrated the power of the Ukrainians and the pettiness of EU political squabbles

    Pedestrians are shaken by the blast from a drone strike in Kyiv, where the city’s 3mn citizens endure the attacks with stoic resolve
  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
    German politics
    Germany’s China dilemma takes on a new urgency

    The race is on in Berlin to reduce exposure to the country’s most important trading partner

    Annalena Baerbock and Qin Gang stand at podiums in front of German and Chinese flags
  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    German politics
    A reckoning on Germany’s Russia policy is long overdue

    The invasion of Ukraine has made a proper accounting of ties between Berlin and Moscow more urgent than ever

    Lars Klingbeil and Rolf Mützenich meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, centre, in Kyiv earlier this month
  • Monday, 13 February, 2023
    German politics
    Germany’s policy shift is real but still falls short

    While Olaf Scholz has successfully changed the domestic debate about security, a sense of urgency is lacking

    Olaf Scholz addresses the Bundestag in Berlin last week
  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    German politics
    Scholz is a wartime chancellor, whether he likes it or not

    The German leader and his new defence minister have a big decision to make on supplying tanks to Ukraine

    Members of the Bundeswehr’s 9th Panzer Training Brigade with one of the Leopard 2 A7V heavy battle tanks received during a visit by then defence minister Christine Lambrecht to the Bundeswehr Army training grounds, with a Puma infantry fighting vehicle (L) and a Leopard 2A6 behind, in February 2022 in Munster, Germany
  • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    The west’s axis of prudence risks a Kremlin victory by default in Ukraine

    Putin’s relentless missile strikes on infrastructure indicate that mere containment of Russia will not achieve a secure peace

    Joe Biden (R) talks to Emmanuel Macron (C) and Olaf Scholz (L) before the opening ceremony of the G20 leaders’ summit in Indonesia last month
  • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine crisis could transform the future of neutrality

    Switzerland is not the only European government being forced to re-examine the status quo

    A Swiss Army tank is seen during a live-fire exercise at Swiss Army armoured school of Thoune, in March 2018
  • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russia may prefer sabotage of critical infrastructure over nuclear weapons

    Attacks on gas pipelines, train networks and airport computer systems underline the risks spreading from war in Ukraine

    A gas leak from Nord Stream 1 is seen in the Swedish economic zone in the Baltic Sea in this picture taken from the Swedish Coast Guard aircraft last month
  • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
    German politics
    Germany must shake off its habit of finding excuses for inaction

    If the government is serious about its leadership role in Europe, it should step up its military aid for Ukraine

  • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
    German economy
    Germany is now the fulcrum for Vladimir Putin’s pressure

    Berlin is bracing for severe recession and economic turbulence as Russia cuts its gas supplies

    German chancellor Olaf Scholz in front of the gas turbine. Moscow’s message to Berlin is simple: turn on Nord Stream 2, or your economy gets it
  • Sunday, 17 July, 2022
    EU energy
    A German gas crisis will cause jitters across Europe

    As Russia seeks to make others pay the price for its war in Ukraine, an EU-wide energy security strategy is needed

    A gas receiving station of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline in Lubmin, Germany. Being asked for solidarity by Germany after seeing it pursue its national economic interest for years may be a step too far for many EU states
  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    German politics
    Merkel’s lack of regrets illustrates the fallacies of Germany’s Russia policy

    For far too long politicians, businesspeople and voters refused to face up to the ominous nature of Putin’s style of rule

    Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow in August last year
  • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Germany has a special responsibility to stop Putin’s evil

    Hesitant military support for Ukraine is exposing weaknesses in the SPD-led coalition and government structures

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz poses for pictures
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