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  • Beyond the big powers: Germany aims to diversify

    Beyond the big powers: Germany aims to diversify
    2026/02/06
    Where is Germany really heading as it scrambles to diversify its foreign‑policy partnerships? In this Berlin Briefing, Nina Haase talks to Jakob Hensing (GPPi) about Germany’s evolving role in a tense, multipolar world. Richard Walker and Michaela Küfner join in to share rare first‑hand insights from traveling with German officials on diplomatic missions to the Indo‑Pacific and the Gulf.
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    35 分
  • Auschwitz: lessons for today's America + Germany

    Auschwitz: lessons for today's America + Germany
    2026/01/30
    In this Holocaust Remembrance Day episode, Berlin Briefing explores rising hate crimes in Germany and the US, the politicization of antisemitism, and the broader dangers of state power targeting vulnerable communities.
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    27 分
  • Facing the future: Germany’s struggle with nuclear reliance on the US

    Facing the future: Germany’s struggle with nuclear reliance on the US
    2026/01/23
    Germany is famously "under the US’ nuclear umbrella"-creating a dependency that some are now calling risky. What exactly does that mean? How would US help protect Germany in a worst-case scenario? What options does Germany have to move toward a European umbrella? Host Nina Haase talks with her guests about Germany’s deep dependencies on the US -from NATO cooperation to nuclear deterrence.
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    45 分
  • Germany is running out of allies — Can India help?

    Germany is running out of allies — Can India help?
    2026/01/16
    With Germany and India both shaken by Trump 2.0, they’re now trying to deepen ties from business to defense – with Friedrich Merz greeted to much fanfare by Narendra Modi in the Indian Prime Minister’s home city. But is this for real, or are the good vibes just for show? Find out in this edition of Berlin Briefing with Richard Walker, Biresh Banerjee, Michaela Küfner, and Sandra Petersmann.
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    44 分
  • When diplomacy meets reality: Germany's balancing act with Trump’s America

    When diplomacy meets reality: Germany's balancing act with Trump’s America
    2026/01/09
    Headlines coming out of the US shook the world in the first week of 2026: the military operation in Venezuela and Trump's talk of seizing Greenland. DW Berlin Briefing host Nina Haase and her guests, Michaela Küfner (DW) and Thorsten Benner (Global Public Policy Institute) discuss whether Germany's relative silence is strategic restraint or helplessness in the face of US assertiveness.
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    38 分
  • Why 2026 could be a milestone for Germany's AfD

    Why 2026 could be a milestone for Germany's AfD
    2026/01/02
    2025 was the most successful year yet for Germany's AfD, or Alternative for Germany. It came second in national elections and recently topped some opinion polls. Now in 2026, the party could win power in state elections for the first time. In this Berlin Briefing, Richard Walker and Matthew Moore analyze what could be another year of breakthroughs with Kate Brady of the Washington Post.
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    41 分
  • Why Germany finds it so hard to handle China

    Why Germany finds it so hard to handle China
    2025/12/26
    2025 exposed Germany's dependence on China, as a source of rare earths and a market and production site for its industry. Berlin says it wants to "de-risk" the relationship. But is it serious? Or is it in too deep? Richard Walker sat down with experts Noah Barkin and Clifford Coonan to analyze Germany's options.
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    44 分
  • Germany's high-stakes EU gamble over Russia

    Germany's high-stakes EU gamble over Russia
    2025/12/19
    Germany’s chancellor demanded a breakthrough. The EU summit delivered mixed results: Ukraine funding secured, Mercosur delayed. Is Friedrich Merz cementing Germany’s leadership—or exposing Europe to unnecessary risks? Berlin Briefing host Nina Haase, DW Chief Political Editor Michaela Küfner and Daniel Goffart (WirtschaftsWoche) unpack the stakes, the style, and what this means for 2026.
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    30 分