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Episode 39: Revitalizing Transatlantic Power

Posted March 11, 2021 • 00:31:48

President Joe Biden has made rebuilding the transatlantic partnership a focus of his administration after four years of frosty relations between Europe...

Episode 38: Lessons for Dealing with Right-Wing Extremism in the United States and Germany

Posted February 4, 2021 • 00:33:17

Right-wing extremism has been on the rise around the world. The January 6, 2021 insurrection that attached the U.S. capital and the August 2020 protest...

Episode 37: A Warming Trend for the U.S.-EU Partnership?

Posted January 25, 2021 • 00:30:04

Joe Biden’s inauguration as the 46th president of the United States has generated optimism about the prospects for renewing transatlantic relations...

Episode 36: The Politics of Drones and the Future of Germany’s Defense Policy

Posted January 19, 2021 • 00:34:58

Germany has dramatically increased its defense spending since the wake-up call of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and intervention in eastern Ukraine...

Episode 35: The Christian Democratic Union after Merkel: The Race for CDU Chairmanship and the 2021 Federal Election

Posted December 9, 2020 • 00:36:59

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not stand for re-election when voters go to the polls on September 26, 2021. Her Christian Democratic Union (CDU)...