Inside Story

Correspondents Cancelling Bismarck Klaus Neumann 18 November 2020 Black Lives Matter, a princess from Zanzibar and Germany’s “memorial hygiene” Correspondents Tipping points Klaus Neumann 12 May 2020 Germany’s anti-lockdown protests aren’t only about the coronavirus Correspondents Anatomy of a broken taboo Klaus Neumann 19 February 2020 An election in a tiny East German state has reverberated all the way to the top of the country’s politics Correspondents How Australia’s love affair with coal looks from afar, and why it matters Klaus Neumann 4 February 2020 Europeans have been watching Australia’s bushfires and climate change policies with growing dismay

International Cautionary tales from the birthplace of bureaucracy Paul ’t Hart 12 March 2018 Even in modern Germany, government maladministration can have tragic effects International The Germany of 2017 Klaus Neumann 22 December 2017 As the shape of the new government becomes clearer, Germany’s longest-running police show illuminates the political challenge ahead Essays & Reportage Historians’ disgrace? Mathew Turner 14 November 2017 Controversy has erupted in Germany over the attitudes of key researchers at the Institute for Contemporary History in the 1950s. But does the evidence support the critics’ case? Correspondents The stamina of Angela Merkel Klaus Neumann 12 September 2017 A sedate contest between the major parties contrasts with the passion evoked on the far right

International Angela Merkel’s line in the sand Klaus Neumann 9 March 2016 Despite state elections this weekend, the German chancellor is sticking to her pledge to run a “rational” refugee policy, writes Klaus Neumann. Meanwhile,… Correspondents Is Germany able to do this? Klaus Neumann 29 October 2015 In the third of a series of articles about Germany’s response to the refugee crisis, Klaus Neumann reports from the German–Austrian border Correspondents Germany divided Klaus Neumann 27 October 2015 Twenty-five years after reunification, the mass arrival of refugees in recent weeks has exposed old and new fault lines, writes Klaus Neumann Correspondents Merkel’s high-stakes stand Klaus Neumann 19 October 2015 German chancellor Angela Merkel has shaken off a reputation for indecisiveness, writes Klaus Neumann. But can she hold the line on asylum seekers as circumstances change?