All Talk and No Action – Germany’s Unwillingness to Contribute to NATO
This April 4th, NATO celebrates its 70th anniversary – and Germany offers a sobering present by maybe being able to spend 1.5% of its...
Venezuela: Give Regime Change A Chance
Just about two months ago, I covered Venezuela’s current affairs. What caused this was the suddenly sprouting glimmer of hope that pointed towards a...
Young Security Policy on an International Stage
Twenty-five participants. Four days. Three side events within the framework of the Munich Security Conference (MSC). As our Young Transatlantic Initiative entered into its...
Young Transatlanticists at #MSC2019
As the Soviet Union was collapsing, Francis Fukuyama proclaimed “The End of History” in the late 1980s: Western-style democracies featuring freedom of speech and...
6DegreesBRLN – An Inclusive Society is no Utopian Dream
Having been invited by the Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC), several members of the Young Transatlantic Initiative (YTI / IjT) attended the first #6DegreesBRLN...
2018 Midterms: The President as Campaign Supporter
Just over a month ago, I was discussing the question of whether Democrats would be able to remain in the lead which exists according...
Of Freeloaders and Trumpists
What would be left, would the United States put its ideas into action and reduce its involvement in NATO? Four years ago, at the...
Establishing Understanding for the Transatlantic Partnership
More than forty members of the Young Transatlantic Initiative (YTI) attended the annual convention which took place right outside Berlin in Oranienburg on the...
Discussion with Stiftung Neue Verantwortung and Polis180
Cyber Security has been an increasingly important issue in the past. Debates about the topic, however, often ignore the international component. How can states...