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Putting a partnership to the test
US President Trump plans to withdraw 12,000 troops from Germany. We present the key facts about the plans, the reasons for them, and the criticism they have sparked.
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Interviews, coverage and background stories on Germany and its relations to the USA and Canada.
Click on the image to find more articles from the Year of German-American Friendship 2019.
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“Getting Beethoven off his pedestal”
Art during the corona crisis: Steven Walter, the Bonn Beethovenfest’s new German-American director, talks about creative approaches to classical music.
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How climate policy works
What can politics do to combat climate change? The political scientist Jale Tosun from Heidelberg on climate policy in the United States and Europe.
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New perspectives on climate change
Data and climate are her topic: Kelsey Barton-Henry from the USA explains why she is doing her doctorate at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
German around the world
People speak German as their mother tongue in 42 countries around the world. Why is that? We trace the reasons for you.
How to make a go of it in Germany
How do I make friends? Do I have to speak German? Two influencers and expats offer tips and talk about their life in Germany.
Digital Health: Learning from others
Estonia, Canada and others are pioneers in digital healthcare solutions. What are their impulses for Germany?
“German music thrives on content”
Milky Chance is one of the most successful German music exports worldwide. Read how the band explains its success in this interview.
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Electrically driven
German-American e-mobility cooperation: from electric trucks to Gigafactory.
Where German is still spoken in the US
The language and culture of German immigrants to the US continues to influence their descendants.
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“We all want our ideas to be heard”
Open Governance - the Internet enables co-governance for all people, says Beth Simone Noveck.
Why science and democracy are mutually dependent
On academic freedom in a free society writes historian Kristina Spohr.