Germany

Europe Bought Time and Not Much Else

The bailout may soothe markets, but it won't fix the fundamental problems that have pushed Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Italy to the brink.

BY URI DADUSH, MOISÉS NAÍM | MAY 11, 2010

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