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Constanze Stelzenmüller

Constanze Stelzenmüller writes commentary on global affairs for the Financial Times. An expert on German, European, and transatlantic foreign and security policy and strategy, she is currently the Fritz Stern Chair and a senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution.

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  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
    German politics
    Germany’s China dilemma takes on a new urgency

    The race is on in Berlin to reduce exposure to the country’s most important trading partner

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    German politics
    A reckoning on Germany’s Russia policy is long overdue

    The invasion of Ukraine has made a proper accounting of ties between Berlin and Moscow more urgent than ever

  • Monday, 13 February, 2023
    German politics
    Germany’s policy shift is real but still falls short

    While Olaf Scholz has successfully changed the domestic debate about security, a sense of urgency is lacking

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    German politics
    Scholz is a wartime chancellor, whether he likes it or not

    The German leader and his new defence minister have a big decision to make on supplying tanks to Ukraine

  • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    The west’s axis of prudence risks a Kremlin victory by default in Ukraine

    Putin’s relentless missile strikes on infrastructure indicate that mere containment of Russia will not achieve a secure peace

  • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine crisis could transform the future of neutrality

    Switzerland is not the only European government being forced to re-examine the status quo

  • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russia may prefer sabotage of critical infrastructure over nuclear weapons

    Attacks on gas pipelines, train networks and airport computer systems underline the risks spreading from war in Ukraine

  • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
    German politics
    Germany must shake off its habit of finding excuses for inaction

    If the government is serious about its leadership role in Europe, it should step up its military aid for Ukraine

  • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
    German economy
    Germany is now the fulcrum for Vladimir Putin’s pressure

    Berlin is bracing for severe recession and economic turbulence as Russia cuts its gas supplies

  • Sunday, 17 July, 2022
    EU energy
    A German gas crisis will cause jitters across Europe

    As Russia seeks to make others pay the price for its war in Ukraine, an EU-wide energy security strategy is needed

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    German politics
    Merkel’s lack of regrets illustrates the fallacies of Germany’s Russia policy

    For far too long politicians, businesspeople and voters refused to face up to the ominous nature of Putin’s style of rule

  • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Germany has a special responsibility to stop Putin’s evil

    Hesitant military support for Ukraine is exposing weaknesses in the SPD-led coalition and government structures

  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Western leaders must be honest about what it takes to stand up to Putin

    They should also assure the Russian people that their quarrel is not with them but with the man in the Kremlin

  • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
    German politics
    Scholz holds his ground in Putin’s den

    Germany’s chancellor and ruling Social Democrats still need to grasp the extent of Moscow’s challenge to European security

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    EU energy
    Energy trilemma causes a headache for Germany’s new leaders

    Ambitious climate transition plans cannot disguise coalition differences about the nation’s reliance on Russian gas

  • Tuesday, 21 December, 2021
    Germany
    Germany holds the key to deterring Russian moves against Ukraine

    The Kremlin’s brinkmanship seeks to exploit mixed European perceptions of Moscow’s pressure

  • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
    German politics
    Nuclear weapons debate in Germany touches a raw Nato nerve

    Berlin’s allies are concerned that the incoming government may distance itself from the alliance’s deterrence strategy

  • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
    German politics
    The world won’t wait for Germany’s coalition negotiators

    A fraying international order requires Berlin to assume more responsibility for European security

  • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
    Afghanistan
    The war in Afghanistan has shaped an entire generation in the west

    And the fate of the Afghan people will weigh heavily on our collective conscience

  • Wednesday, 4 August, 2021
    German politics
    ‘None of the above’ leads a pivotal German election race

    The chancellor candidates in next month’s parliamentary poll have escaped the hardships of previous leaders

  • Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
    German politics
    Sharper strategic thinking will help Germany mend fences with US

    The Biden administration wants Berlin to join it in tackling Chinese and Russian challenges to democracies

  • Monday, 31 May, 2021
    German election
    East German political winds ruffle feathers in Berlin

    Christian Democrats risk losing centrist votes in September’s Bundestag election if they move further right

  • Tuesday, 4 May, 2021
    German election
    Hello, Berlin? Germany’s future raises foreign policy concerns for allies

    Most parties battling for power in the Bundestag elections have ideas that unsettle the neighbours

  • Tuesday, 23 March, 2021
    Geopolitics
    Nord Stream 2 impasse threatens transatlantic ties

    Berlin’s inflexibility risks alienating a US administration that wants to stand up to Russia

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    Russian politics
    EU support for Russian democracy is inadequate

    Josep Borrell’s sally was only Europe’s latest ill-fated response to Kremlin repression; this must change

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