Ahead of the national holiday today, Monday, France has announced closer cooperation with the UK on nuclear deterrence. This could be the starting point for more.
By Gabriel Bub
In his book "Eisiges Schweigen flussabwärts," Zeit correspondent Michael Thumann offers more than a personal account of his journey from Moscow to Berlin. He delves into the shifting currents – and persistent stagnation – within Russia’s political system and its place in the world.
By Florian Keisinger
The Ministry of the Interior is not making fast enough progress with its risk analyses on chemical, biological and nuclear threats. Criticism comes from the Bundestag.
By Lisa-Martina Klein
Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa from the German Caritas Association calls for a strengthening of voluntary services instead of compulsory military service. Anyone planning defense as a compulsory task through the back door is gambling away the trust of young people, she writes in today's Opinion.
By Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa
In July, Russia will attack Ukraine with more drones than ever before. Kyiv needs more defense systems against terror from the air, not least from the USA. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius wants to make the case for this in Washington.
By Viktor Funk
The new chairman of the Bundestag's Parliamentary Control Committee, Marc Henrichmann (CDU), explains how he wants to simultaneously monitor and strengthen the intelligence services. He also explains why the committee is big enough with only nine members.
By Wilhelmine Stenglin
The Ministry of the Interior emphasizes that the federal government wants to ensure "the greatest possible coherence" in the two laws for the digital and analogue protection of critical infrastructure. The deputy leader of the Green Party, Konstantin von Notz, has doubts about this.
By Wilhelmine Stenglin
In the fourth year of the war, Ukraine's economic problems are growing. At the reconstruction conference in Rome, the EU announced new financial aid. However, it is questionable whether this money will mobilize enough private investors.
By Viktor Funk and Lisa-Martina Klein
There is much speculation about the circumstances surrounding the conquest of Srebrenica by Bosnian Serb troops under General Ratko Mladić in July 1995. The fact that NATO did not intervene is probably primarily the responsibility of Jacques Chirac's French government.
By Alexander Rhotert