Weekly News Digest

President Trump’s Inauguration and Transatlantic Relations
Best of ‘Frenemies’: Trump’s Relationship With Europe This Time May Be Very Different – Katya Adler, BBC
Europe Isn’t Ready for Trump 2.0 – Emma Ashford and Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Policy
Germany Is Gripped By Election Fever … But Trump Is Pulling the Strings – Deborah Cole, The Guardian
EU Tells Trump’s America: We Have Other Options – Nicholas Vinocur and Sarah Wheaton, Politico EU
Vorsicht, Disruption! – Daniel Brössler, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Effects of the New US Administration on Companies in Germany – Prof. Dr. Michael Grömling, German Economic Institute
Europe’s Biggest Problem Is Pessimism – Caroline de Gruyter, Foreign Policy

Germany’s Uncertain Political Future
Germany 2025: A Transitional Year Toward an Uncertain Future – Shimon Stein, The Institute for National Security Studies
Alice Weidel Is the Presentable Face of the AfD. And the One Its Opponents Should Fear the Most – Katja Hoyer, The Guardian
Macht. Endlich. Wahlkampf!: Keine Antworten auf die echten Probleme – Christian Tretbar, Der Tagesspiegel
Germany’s Not-So-Stable Firewall Against the Far Right – Marc Martorell Junyent, Jacobin

Austrian Political Climate
Austria’s ‘Firewall’ Against the Far Right Collapsed. Could the Unthinkable Happen in Germany Too? – John Kampfner, The Guardian
Germany Can’t Take ‘Firewall’ Against AfD for Granted – Katja Hoyer, Bloomberg

Structural Change and the Economy
Germany’s Three Most Pressing Structural Problems – Carsten Brzeski, ING
Watch: Economy and Tariffs Under President Trump: Who Wins? – Deutsche Welle

Relations with China
Meeting China’s Trade and Tech Challenge: How the US and Europe Can Come Together – Daniel S. Hamilton, CEPA
Transatlantic Relations Under New US and EU Leadership: EU Policy on China – Klaus Larres, Wilson Center
MERICS Forum: The Next German Government’s China Policy – MERICS