There has always been bad blood between Europe and Donald and the Iran crisis has revived conflicts which have been of constant concern for the presidential administration in the United States. For those European countries that undersigned the agreement on...
“NGOs are part of the business model of human traffickers.” So declared Hans-Georg Maaßen, head of the German domestic intelligence service between 2012 and 2018, that is the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Fifty-six-year old Maaßen was...
(Nairobi) Conflict is the main long-term driver of migration in many parts of Sub-Sahara Africa, particularly in the East and the Horn of Africa. These areas are the most vulnerable to instability, protracted political turmoil, and inter-communal conflicts coupled with...
Ever since Angela Merkel became Germany’s chancellor, she has been synonymous with the country’s success and its stability. With her announcement to not seek re-election, she has opened up Germany for a political paradigm shift – for better or worse....
When Ursula von der Leyen was nominated for the role of European Commission president, she was pitched as a compromise candidate. Someone the various factions could get behind to end their unseemly squabbling. French leader Emmanuel Macron, a champion of...
The nominations for the presidencies of the EU institutions represented a significant setback for French President Emmanuel Macron, but they could be as equally humiliating for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) candidate for the President of...
Not for the first time, Germany is confronting homegrown extremism. When CDU (Christian Democratic Union) politician Walter Lübcke was murdered on June 2, it starkly highlighted a problem that has long been simmering under the surface of German politics, and...
The EU and the US are set for opposition over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will carry Russian natural gas to Germany. The project is due for completion by the end of 2019. The project has strong political support...
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