The Idea

The Berlin Pulse contrasts perspectives on German foreign policy by high-ranking international authors with current German public opinion based on representative surveys. Both the domestic and international expectations focus on the most pressing international challenges Germany currently faces. They elaborate on what German international responsibility should entail.

The Berlin Pulse is published annually on the occasion of the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum.

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Highlights

Taking a Stand Germany’s security and defence policy in public debate
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Minister of Defence, Germany

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Great Expectations Poland and Germany in the European Union
Jacek Czaputowicz, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland

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“China and the EU should work together to defend multilateralism”
Fu Ying, Vice-Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs, National People’s Congress, Beijing

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Hold the Line How Germany can help stabilize the Middle East during America’s leave of absence
Brett McGurk, Payne Distinguished Lecturer, Stanford University; fmr. US Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to counter ISIL

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Analysis
Hans Kundnani, Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House, London

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Editorial
Joshua Webb, Editor, The Berlin Pulse, Körber-Stiftung, Berlin

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Chapters

How to rebuild confidence in the European Union? What are the biggest challenges? What is Germany‘s role in the fight against climate change?

Answers by Nathalie Tocci, Amélie de Montchalin and Bas Eickhout, among others.

Is the Atlantic is widening? Is the Trump administration right to pressure Berlin? How should Europe behave in a world defined by US-China competition?

Articles by Walter Russell Mead, Thomas Wright and many more.