Germans pin their hopes on Joe Biden
Survey: Overwhelming majority envisages better relations with the USA thanks to new president
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Interviews, coverage and background stories on Germany and its relations to the USA and Canada.
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US elections: “Together again”
Federal President Steinmeier talks about new opportunities for transatlantic relations following Joe Biden’s election as US president.
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The guest: Canada’s culture
In 2020 and 2021, Canada is guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Five questions and answers on an unusual presentation.
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Smart downtown
Park automatically, use digital data, manage traffic: three German-US joint ventures for the future of cities.
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“Lack of a Culture of Remembrance”
Philosopher Susan Neiman on her life as an American in Berlin and an incomplete reunification.
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“New German identity”
Lorraine Daston, Director emerita of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, talks about a country in a process of change.
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“A Success Story”
Sudha David-Wilp of the German Marshall Fund (GMF) on modern Germany and its path to reunification.
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“Investment in Alliances”
Ambassador Daniel Benjamin on the trust in the transatlantic partnership in times of crisis.
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“We are role models”
Satou Sabally has caused a stir – as a German player in the US basketball league WNBA and as an athlete with political awareness.
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Clean drive, quick transport
Whiz from city to city with the Hyperloop: Elon Musk had the idea, visionaries from Germany are developing it.
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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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“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.