25 Episodes

  1. Merz’s migration gamble: Can Germany’s leader-in-waiting deliver change?

    Published: 04/04/2025

  2. Can Europe risk challenging Erdogan?

    Published: 28/03/2025

  3. Is Donald Trump strengthening European ties?

    Published: 21/03/2025

  4. Can Friedrich Merz really save Europe?

    Published: 13/03/2025

  5. What's behind Germany's historic rearmament plan?

    Published: 07/03/2025

  6. Next steps in Berlin’s military buildup

    Published: 28/02/2025

  7. Election countdown: What’s at stake for Germany?

    Published: 21/02/2025

  8. MSC Day 2: Does the US still have to figure out how to approach Russia and Ukraine?

    Published: 17/02/2025

  9. Women leaders discuss European and global security at MSC

    Published: 15/02/2025

  10. Understanding Germany's Green Party

    Published: 13/02/2025

  11. Is there a crack in Germany’s political firewall against the far right?

    Published: 07/02/2025

  12. Germany’s unpopular chancellor: Can Olaf Scholz turn things around?

    Published: 31/01/2025

  13. Friedrich Merz: What to expect from Germany’s likely next leader

    Published: 24/01/2025

  14. What do Germany's main parties promise voters?

    Published: 17/01/2025

  15. What do Elon Musk and AfD leader Alice Weidel have in common?

    Published: 10/01/2025

  16. Anti-NATO, anti-woke: The new party disrupting German politics

    Published: 03/01/2025

  17. Why Germany’s far-right AfD is set to break records

    Published: 27/12/2024

  18. How Assad’s fall is shaking up Germany’s migration debate

    Published: 20/12/2024

  19. Will Europe help Georgians defend their EU path against the billionaire with the zebra?

    Published: 12/12/2024

  20. Can Germany have it both ways with China, cooperation AND rivalry?

    Published: 06/12/2024

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