German and US companies are among the most important foreign investors in each other’s markets. A trade war is bad for everyone
By
Stormy-Annika Mildner
October 2018
Sighs of relief resonated throughout the German business community when US President Donald Trump and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker agreed on negotiating a EU-US trade deal in late July. In a joint statement, the two leaders decided to work …
Alba’s basketballers are taking the game to the classroom
By
Horst Schneider
October 2018
For Basketball lovers, Moritz Wagner is a household name. But even lesser fans will be hearing the 7-foot center’s name in the future. He has – after a successful college career with the Michigan Wolverines – signed an NBA contract …
Rich and sexy: Booming Berlin is driving up real estate prices
By
Tong-Jin Smith
October 2018
It was one of the last vacant plots in Berlin’s trendy district of Prenzlauer Berg – a prime location nestled between historical buildings and in direct vicinity of shops, restaurants and the heavily frequented U2 subway line. For years the …
How I learned to love the Staatsangehörigkeitsbehörde – and to pronounce it properly
By
Gayle Tufts
October 2018
In 2017, I became a German citizen. The decision to become deutsch was not made lightly and was surprisingly emotional. The American presidential election and my personal abhorrence of Donald Trump played a major role, but my choice was actually …
The wintertime march honoring Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht is a bizarre parade of the pious in eastern Berlin.
By
Klaus Grimberg
October 2018
They’re easy to spot, even at a distance. Retirees bundled up in thick winter jackets and fur hats trudging towards the exit at the Berlin Lichtenberg S-Bahn station. The color spectrum worn by the members of this crowd ranges from …
Berlin is gearing up to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift.
By
Jan Kepp
October 2018
Tempelhof Airport is firmly anchored in the collective memory of (West) Berlin residents first and foremost as the main take-off and landing strip used by the American and British “Rosinenbomber” (transport planes) during the Berlin Airlift 1948-49.This “gateway to the …
No longer able to rely on America’s military leadership, the EU is harmonizing its military capabilities and facilities
By
Johannes Leithäuser
October 2018
Nine months ago, most European Union member states took their biggest step yet toward a common European army. It was not, however, a moment that lent itself to easy symbolism: No common European uniform nor common weapons and equipment, nor …
Europe must become more independent, yet cannot forgo its alliance with the US
By
Wolfgang Ischinger
October 2018
The times when we could fully rely on one another are more or less over, so I can only say that we Europeans must take our fate into our own hands.” It was a rather uneven remark, but one that …
Cornelia Funke talks about the high regard many Americans have for Germans, but also about German anti-Americanism and how the world can overcome nationalism.
The German Times: The German- American relationship has reached a new low point. Do you notice …
Reflections on American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, who would have been 100 this year
By
Justus Frantz
October 2018
The music that led us to one another was Dvořák’s Piano Concerto in G minor. One night, after listening to the radio and hearing a recording I had made with the Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, who would have …
German-American economic relations in troubled waters
By
Dieter Kempf
October 2018
A conversation with Dieter Kempf, President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), on tariffs, trade balances, the image of German companies in the US and German industry’s contribution to the US economy.
The Germans know what they owe the Americans. But what does that mean for the future?
By
Katja Gloger and Georg Mascolo
October 2018
One of the low points of the trans-Atlantic relationship can be pinpointed precisely: June 19, 2018, 6:52AM EST. Presumably from his bedroom in the East Wing of the White House, US President Donald Trump clicked “send” in his Twitter app: …
From Weimar to Midtown Manhattan. How the Bauhaus began a century ago.
By
Klaus Grimberg
October 2018
The townspeople of Weimar had never come across the likes of a Johannes Itten. The bald instructor at the Staatliches Bauhaus, or simply Bauhaus, often wore a monk’s habit of the Mazdaznan movement while exuding esoteric worldviews from literally his …
The US Department of Labor has designated Charleston a national model region for the advancement of vocational training based on the German apprenticeship system
By
Claus Hulverscheidt
October 2018
When William Bates first set foot in the factory belonging to the German auto supplier Bosch in northern Charleston, he could not have known that his life would soon change radically. He assumed it was going to be just one …
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