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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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  • 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

  • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
    German election
    Imagining Germany without Angela Merkel has got harder

    Instead of the rocklike stability of the past, its political parties are in even more flux than usual

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    Nato
    The west must live up to its own principles on democracy

    Backsliding undercuts the cohesion of Nato at a time when conflicts around the world are heating up

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    German politics
    Germany needs to step up to Europe’s defence

    Whatever the US election outcome, the continent requires its own security anchor

  • Thursday, 10 September, 2020
    German politics
    Germany is well placed to lead a tougher EU response to Russia

    Alexei Navalny’s poisoning is only the latest in a string of outrages that require a crisp answer

  • Sunday, 16 August, 2020
    German election
    Hard road back to power for Germany’s Social Democrats

    The party has a leftwing base but needs centrist votes to win next year’s election

  • Friday, 17 July, 2020
    European Union
    Europe faces a fateful choice on Huawei

    Beijing’s China First policies demand a firm response from Germany and the EU

  • Thursday, 18 June, 2020
    German politics
    Germany’s far-right a major loser from Covid-19, so far

    AfD has plummeted in the polls but the battle for democracy is far from won

  • Thursday, 28 May, 2020
    European Union
    Europe’s battle lines are drawn at a uniquely perilous moment

    There is only one way forward — for leaders to work with, not against each other

  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2020
    Law
    Coronavirus is also a threat to democratic constitutions

    As states morph into the Incredible Hulk, other constitutional actors must assert their rightful role

  • Thursday, 5 March, 2020
    German politics
    The fratboys vying to succeed Angela Merkel

    Their university days explain a lot about Germany’s centre-right power struggle

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2020
    German politics
    Free Democrats are playing with fire in Thuringia

    The far-right AfD’s role as kingmaker could threaten Germany’s ruling coalition

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