Deutschland disconcerted 2

Deutschland divided 4

  Enduring political volatility 4

    The harbingers 5

    The headlines 6

  Endemic economic stagnation 7

    The harbingers 8

    The headlines 9

  A powerful far right 9

    The harbingers 10

    The headlines 11

Deutschland detached 12

  Germany in Europe 13

    A new German interest 14

    A new “German vote” 15

    A new German disinterest 16

  Zeitenwende 2029 17

    The German interest in rearmament 18

    The German interest in Russia 20

    The German interest in NATO 21

How to deal with a different Deutschland 22

    Brace for an inward-looking Germany 23

    Keep Germany engaged 24

    Build resilience into the European system 24

    Understand the AfD and take it seriously 25

Ripping the plaster off 25

Acknowledgments 26