Inside Story

Essays & reportage Quincentenary of a revolution Klaus Neumann 17 June 2025 Commemorating the German Peasants’ War and an early charter of human rights International What’s new in Germany? Klaus Neumann 27 February 2025 And — following the weekend’s election — what’s eerily familiar? Other Voices The far right is rising in the land of “never again” Jan Böhmermann 21 February 2025 Ahead of Sunday’s German election, satirist Jan Böhmermann’s analysis for the New York Times National affairs The year of governing precariously Peter Browne 16 December 2024 2024’s casualties among governments across the globe throw fresh light on the US result

International The egotism of German pacifism Klaus Neumann 14 March 2023 Our correspondent casts a critical eye over an emerging German peace movement International Germany’s arithmetic Klaus Neumann 28 September 2021 Almost every party claims to have done well in Sunday’s election, but forming a new government requires an unprecedented coalition of three parties International Disappearing act Klaus Neumann 14 September 2021 In the second part of our series on this month’s German election, our correspondent wonders about what has been left out of the debate International More Merkel? Klaus Neumann 31 August 2021 Our correspondent is not impressed by the choices on offer for September’s German election

International Tipping points Klaus Neumann 12 May 2020 Germany’s anti-lockdown protests aren’t only about the coronavirus International 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 International 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 The significance of 1 September Klaus Neumann 2 September 2019 A closely watched election campaign unfolds in an East German state