BERLIN — Germany has voted, and its seemingly eternal chancellor, Angela Merkel, is finally stepping down after 16 years. In fact, that is the only certainty that the election has offered.

BERLIN — The man-made climate crisis is generating headlines this summer.

BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s farewell visit to the White House this month offers an ideal opportunity to reflect on the state of US-German relations. But it is not a sentimental opportunity.

BERLIN — This month’s G-7 summit seemed to confirm what has long been apparent: The United States and China are entering into a cold war similar to the one between the US and the Soviet Union in the second half of the twentieth century.The West no longer views China just as a com

BERLIN — In addition to a pandemic, this decade has already been overshadowed by the return of great power rivalries. Few developments could be more threatening to world peace.

BERLIN — The Afghan drama is nearing its end, at least as far as Western militaries are concerned.

BERLIN — Angela Merkel’s 16-year reign as German chancellor is coming to an end. Whatever one’s feelings about her, she has put her stamp on an entire era.

BERLIN  —  Human beings are creatures of habit. We tend to envisage a future much the same as the past, so we cling to familiar tools, approaches, and perspectives, even as the world changes.

BERLIN  —  Donald Trump’s presidency is now history, which puts renewing the transatlantic relationship back on the European agenda.