The Globalist

Germany at a crossroad of domestic and foreign policy change.

Returning to the spirit of the 1930s is not a program for government.

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

Reflections on Merkel’s curious mixture of profound ethics paired with high-handedness and naiveté.

In the spirit of European cohesion, France will force Germany to change its refugee policy.

Will the Paris attacks legitimize extreme populist politics in the eyes of the EU public?

Seizing America’s “future preference” and having grown up behind the “Iron Curtain” help explain Merkel’s approach to the refugee crisis.

The costs of absorbing five million immigrants could easily reach the costs of German reunification — over one trillion euros over 30 years.

If there is an iron law of European politics, it is for leaders to get out at the top as the ten-year rule completes its cycle.

Will the U.S. government catch up to Russia, China, Iran and Germany as they shape a new global consensus on Syria?