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German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s comments about weapons as part of development for Africa could have the opposite effect if conditions aren’t strict and democratic processes aren’t followed.
Follow the money to see if Angela Merkel is on course for a fourth term as chancellor after the September vote.
The marriage equality movement could still back the plebiscite on condition that its results are binding.
African governments are open to military aid from the West. However, Germany’s recent remarks about the transfer of weapons to countries battling militants, needs to be approached with caution.
Amid the rising forces of populism and nationalism, it’s easy to fear a new age of tyranny. But history proves tyrants are often no match against democracy and its defenders.
Merkel’s popularity at home and on the global stage continues to grow as she runs for a fourth term as chancellor.
Trump and Putin are already bickering and with Erdoğan making a fuss too, the German Chancellor will have to play a blinder for the summit not to fall apart.
G20 meetings are usually bland, tightly-scripted affairs. Donald Trump has changed all of that with his retrenchment on climate change, free trade and internationalism.
Looking like a centrist, but governing as a conservative, Angela Merkel has cleared the decks before the coming German election.
The chancellor is hoping to play it safe ahead of September’s vote – and that means skirting around certain topics.
If the G20 is to remain relevant in the quest for more inclusive and fair global governance, Africa offers an historic opportunity for collective action, despite the absence of the US under Trump.
With the US administration sending isolationist signals, Germany stands to gain from the global power vacuum.
For more than seven decades, US presidents have encouraged peace in Europe. Trump seems eager to toss that legacy aside. Here’s what is at stake.
The chancellor looks ever more secure as a surge by the SPD falls flat in North-Rhine Westphalia.
As the United States bars its gates to newcomers, the ‘Aeneid’ – a story of war, exile, racial hatred and irrational fears – is particularly resonant.
In the aftermath of the election of US President Donald Trump and the UK’s Brexit referendum, many observers are keeping a watchful eye on how presidential elections play out in France in late April and…
When Germany goes to the polls in the second half of 2017, there is a chance that the status quo will prevail. This is a country that accepts the idea of a grand coalition led by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s…
The only thing needed for Europe to leap towards further political integration is for French and German heads of state to support it.
2017 could be the year of the far-right in Europe, and spell the end of the EU.
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Reader in European Politics, University of Westminster
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Professor of Politics, University of Sussex
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Professor in Contemporary European History, University of Stirling
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor of German and Global Studies, Michigan State University
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Reader in Politics, Co-Director, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University
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School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Global Studies, Social Science & Planning, RMIT University
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Professor in International History, Flinders University
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Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, University College Dublin
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Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of German Studies / Chair, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies / Director, Waterloo Centre for German Studies, University of Waterloo
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow (Henry Jackson Society - Centre on Radicalisation & Terrorism), Royal Holloway, University of London