Constanze Stelzenmüller | Financial Times

Tuesday, 17 January, 2023

Tuesday, 20 December, 2022

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

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

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