INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY

INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY (IPQ) serves as the English version of INTERNATIONALE POLITIK (IP), which is Germany's magazine dedicated to global perspectives and insights on international issues, providing a unique Berlin viewpoint on foreign affairs. This publication comes out four times a year, specifically in January, April, July, and October. Additionally, the IPQ website frequently addresses topics related to German and European foreign policy, featuring regular columns such as BERLIN CABLE, PARISCOPE, and CARBON CRITICAL. Both IPQ and IP are produced by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).

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What Europe Thinks … about China in 2025

1 month ago | ip-quarterly.com | Luke Johnson

At February’s Munich Security Conference, US Vice President JD Vance spoke to Europeans with rank hostility, while Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi took a far more conciliatory approach. He proposed “mutually beneficial cooperation” with Europe, saying that the continent should have a seat at the table at any peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. Chinese representatives also met with the Ukrainian delegation in Munich; the readout was positive.
With the US Economy in Disarray, Is This the Euro’s Hour?

1 month ago | ip-quarterly.com | Rebecca Christie

The euro is ready for its close-up. With the United States’ economy swerving itself toward a recession and new European leadership pressing for more investment, the 20-country currency area could become more of a global economic engine. But the European Union has to do more than stand by and watch Washington fall apart. Member states will need to invest. Tariff fights mean transatlantic tensions will only keep growing, as a new trade war gets underway.
Voted Out of Power, the Greens Are Still Shaping Germany

1 month ago | ip-quarterly.com | Henning Hoff

“The Greens are to blame!” At some point in 2024, when the popular frustration with outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’ permanently bickering governing coalition of center-left Social Democrats (SPD), Greens, and pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) was at a high, it became fashionable to fault the Green Party for all that was wrong with Germany and the world at large.
Trump’s Tariffs Endanger World Trade | Internationale Politik Quarterly

1 month ago | ip-quarterly.com

Despite the US president’s tariffs threats, other states and the EU should stick to the rules-based trading system and find ways to strengthen it.
The China Factor

1 month ago | ip-quarterly.com | Henning Hoff

2025 sees the 50th anniversary of the establishment of relations between China and the European Union. There’s not much of a festive mood in Brussels or Beijing, however. Suggestions that Chinese President Xi Jinping may pay a visit to the de facto EU capital for this year’s EU-China summit to mark the occasion have been rebuffed by the Chinese government. Xi will be sending Premier Li Qiang instead, while a date still needs to be fixed for the summit. In 2024, it didn’t take place at all.
Europe Between a Rock and a Hard Place

1 month ago | ip-quarterly.com | Noah Barkin

The first months of US President Donald Trump’s second administration have unfolded like a horror movie for Europe. Just when it looks like the massacre might be over, the orange-tinted villain and his zombie minions rise up again and wreak more havoc. In the span of a few weeks, Trump and his team have shown they are prepared to throw Ukraine under the bus and, in the words of Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio, embrace the “incredible opportunities” offered by Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
Merz Gets Off to a Zigzagging Start

1 month ago | ip-quarterly.com | Henning Hoff

“Grand” isn’t what it used to be. When Angela Merkel built her first “grand” coalition between her center-right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) back in 2005, its parliamentary majority was 448 out of 614 seats.
A Strong Europe Is Germany’s Best Bet

1 month ago | ip-quarterly.com | Caroline de Gruyter

European integration has always centered around Germany and France, and the relationship between the two countries. The worst thing that can happen during US President Donald Trump’s second term is a falling-out between the two. This is why the whole of Europe is now watching the incoming German government closely. How Europe will fare in the Trump II era will depend to a large extent on what Germany does in the next few months and years.
Germany’s Next Chancellor Needs to Be a European

2 months ago | ip-quarterly.com | Sylvie Kauffmann

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’ visit to Paris, on January 22, on the anniversary of the Élysée Treaty, was a sorry spectacle.
Getting Europe’s Defense Right

2 months ago | ip-quarterly.com | Henning Hoff

For Europe, defense is key. This is the message the Polish EU presidency is sending with its slogan “Security, Europe!” It is what is animating European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s second term. It is what NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte means when he calls for a “shift to a wartime mindset.” Now European states, including the United Kingdom, need to make it happen―and fast.