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Point of View | | Anna Kwiatkowska

Cinderella became the Empress. How Merkel has changed Germany

Angela Merkel is the first woman to climb to the top of German politics. Step by step, to the surprise of her male rivals inside the party, she took over the leadership on the political scene of Germany, and then of the European Union.…
Point of View | | Konrad Popławski

At a crossroads. Crisis in the German automotive industry

The German automotive sector’s strong global position is one of the country’s greatest economic success stories. In 2018, two out of the three top global automakers achieving the highest sales volumes originated from Germany, and 80% of…
Point of View | | Anna Kwiatkowska

Strangers like us. Germans in the search for a new identity

The decision to leave the borders open, the influx of more than one million people to Germany and the resulting migration crisis in late 2015 and early 2016 were formative experiences for the current political class in Germany and have…
OSW Studies | | Kamil Frymark

The free state of Bavaria. The end of the CSU’s sovereign duchy?

On the political map of Germany, the CSU presents itself as the only authentic party with a right-wing profile, treating groups further to its right as extreme and undemocratic.
OSW Studies | | Rafał Bajczuk

The unfinished reform. An assessment of the energy transformation in Germany

In its time in power, which is shortly to end, the CDU/CSU-SPD coalition introduced key legislative changes enabling a further transformation of the energy sector.  
OSW Studies | | Konrad Popławski

Germanys stance on the TTIP Background interests and concerns

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership offers a chance for improving relations between Germany and the USA for the first time in many years.
Point of View | | Justyna Gotkowska

A weak link Germany in the Euro-Atlantic security system

The German preference for dialogue and compromise in conflict situations may increasingly pose a risk to maintaining the cohesion and credibility of NATO.
Point of View | | Anna Kwiatkowska

Germany on Russia Yes to links no to rapprochement

Germany at this stage seems to have no idea of what the long-term strategy of co-operation with Putin's Russia should be.
Point of View | | Justyna Gotkowska

Bundeswehr 30 The political military and social dimensions of the reform of the German armed forces

This reform of the Bundeswehr, launched in 2011, is the latest of the three decisive stages in the post-war transformation of the German armed forces. The reform aims at “constructing” the armed forces anew in the political, military and…
OSW Studies | | Artur Ciechanowicz, Marta Zawilska-Florczuk

One country two societies Germany twenty years after reunification

Germany became reunited through the incorporation of the East German federal states to the then Federal Republic of Germany. The West German point of view is predominant in public discourse regarding this issue, which is manifested through…