23 March 2023 - 25 March 2023

Zeitenwende: a new Germany for new times?

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Supplementary Reading Material

Below you will find items of supplementary reading, a combination of items provided by participants at this conference and reports on related past Ditchley conferences.

In posting links to items from external sources, the Foundation is not endorsing any view or opinion contained therein.

Benjamin Tallis

The Zeitenwende beyond Germany

Benjamin Tallis

What Zeitenwende?

Claudia Major, Christian Mölling

Zum Zaudern keine Zeit (No time to lose: how Germany’s Zeitenwende in defense can succeed)

Claudia Major, Christian Mölling

The War in Ukraine Just Caused a Revolution in German Military Affairs

Camille Grand

The Missing European Dimension of Germany’s Zeitenwende: A View from France

Steven Erlanger

When It Comes to Building Its Own Defense, Europe Has Blinked

Constanze Stelzenmüller

The west’s axis of prudence risks a Kremlin victory bydefault in Ukraine

Steven Erlanger

Germany’s Reluctance on Tanks Stems From Its History and Its Politics

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Memorial "Guido Goldman Lecture on Germany"

Alec MacGillis, for The New Yorker

Can Germany Show Us How to Leave Coal Behind?

Ditchley Director's Note

Germany's Role in the EU
24-26 October 2013

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