Germany

Jean-Claude Trichet, Call Your Office

The European Central Bank is trying very hard not to get stuck bailing out Greece.

BY TRISTAN ABBEY, SCOTT PALTER | APRIL 29, 2010

Europe's Parliament Takes a Stand

Long a backwater, the institution has begun to flex its muscles on issues central to the transatlantic relationship. America should listen up.

BY HENRY FARRELL, ABRAHAM NEWMAN | FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Greek Disease

Inside the new sick man of Europe.

BY NICOLE ITANO | FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Did Hitler's Mistress Have A Clue?

A new German biography attempts to show Eva Braun in a new light. But is there anything there to show?

BY JESSA CRISPIN | FEBRUARY 18, 2010

The Pope and the Chancellor

What does their running battle tell us about the future of European politics?

BY PAUL HOCKENOS | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010

Obama's Indecent Interval

Despite the U.S. president's pleas to the contrary, the war in Afghanistan looks more like Vietnam than ever.

BY THOMAS H. JOHNSON, M. CHRIS MASON | DECEMBER 10, 2009

Putting Your Big Think on the Map

A how-to guide.

BY CARLOS LOZADA | DECEMBER 2009

Europe's Lactose Intolerance

Dairy farmers in Europe are having a cow over low milk prices and have taken themselves -- and their bovines -- to the streets.

BY BOBBY PIERCE, JORDANA TIMERMAN | OCTOBER 6, 2009

Europe's Shaky Giant

Germany’s upcoming elections have been widely dismissed as uncompetitive, predictable, and downright boring. But the country looks to be headed for a roller-coaster ride that will be anything but dull.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Summer Reading of Our Discontent

Global escapism is flourishing in the Great Recession.

BY LIESL SCHILLINGER | SEPT. / OCT. 2009

The Great Pipeline Opera

Inside the European pipeline fantasy that became a real-life gas war with Russia.

BY DANIEL FREIFELD | SEPT. / OCT. 2009

Bildt to Last?

He's the diplomat Europe loves to hate. And he's only got five months left.

BY CAMERON ABADI | JULY 30, 2009

The Berlin Fall

Germany’s great skeptic looks back in scorn on 20 years of reunification.

BY CAMERON ABADI | JULY/AUG 2009

The List: Five Governments That Deserve to Fail

A number of leaders around the world are on the ropes right now. That's not necessarily a bad thing.

BY ANNIE LOWREY | APRIL 16, 2009

The Mayors of the Moment

The 2008 Global Cities Index

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

Europe's Philosophy of Failure

In France and Germany, students are being forced to undergo a dangerous indoctrination. Taught that economic principles such as capitalism, free markets, and entrepreneurship are savage, unhealthy, and immoral, these children are raised on a diet of prejudice and bias. Rooting it out may determine whether Europe's economies prosper or continue to be left behind.

BY STEFAN THEIL | DECEMBER 13, 2007

Bosnia's Magical Realism

BY CAROLIN EMCKE | FEBRUARY 14, 2007

The German Getaway

BY JEFFREY GEDMIN | OCTOBER 10, 2006

Pod Politics

BY ANDREW CURRY | AUGUST 8, 2006

Marking German Time

BY R. JAY MAGILL JR. | JUNE 7, 2006

Creating a Merkel Miracle

Germany's new leader must administer bitter economic medicine, get tough with Russia, and mend ties with the United States -- all while holding together a fragile coalition.

BY WILLIAM DROZDIAK | JANUARY 4, 2006

Who are EU?

SEPTEMBER 1, 2004

A Sticky History Lesson

BY WALTER RUSSELL MEAD | MARCH 1, 2004

Germany's New Muscle

BY STEFAN WOLFF | JANUARY 1, 2004

Germany's Silver Lining

NOVEMBER 1, 2003

A Red Card for England?

BY ANDREI S. MARKOVITS | JULY 1, 2003

Germany's Sunken Memories

BY ROBERT GERALD LIVINGSTON | MARCH 1, 2003

Europe's House Divided

BY ALAN SKED | NOVEMBER 1, 2001

Can Germany Grow up?

BY CHRISTIAN BOULANGER | JANUARY 1, 2001