The Zeitgeist

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Episode 134: Europe’s Strategic Dependencies

Posted September 24, 202500:29:51

The dynamics of the transatlantic relationship are changing. As Europe faces the changing policies of the United States toward its alliances, Germany...

Episode 133: The SPD and Its Foreign Policy Challenges

Posted September 11, 202500:25:00

The center-left Social Democrats are the junior coalition partner in Friedrich Merz’s government, but they hold two of the most important portfolios...

Episode 132: Transatlantic Alliances of the New Right

Posted August 27, 202500:27:13

Ties between far-right parties and movements in Europe and the United States are growing. Annett Meiritz and Juliane Schäuble join this episode of...

Episode 131: Multilateralism in a Fragmenting Global Trading System

Posted August 13, 202500:34:23

The global trading system is in flux, with increased multipolarity and uncertainty. Disruptions in supply chains and concerns about sustainability and...

Episode 130: Germany’s Transatlantic Coordinator on U.S.-German Relations

Posted July 30, 202500:21:42

Germany’s defense commitments are beginning to match the ambitions of the Zeitenwende, and Germany’s increased investments in European security...