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Germany
China’s Naval Diplomacy: PLAN Ships Visit German Port of Hamburg
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Naval support for Chinese diplomacy is an increasingly important function of the PLAN.
‘Free’ Trade and the Sovereignty Squeeze
By Ji Xianbai
Mercantilism in trade agreement rules-setting makes weaker economies slaves to the interests of economic hegemons.
The Great Myth: World War I Was No Accident
By Zachary Keck
World War I wasn't an inadvertent war but the result of deliberate German state policy.
Why Korea Can’t Follow Germany’s Reunification Model
By Yong Kwon
South Korea's Dresden Doctrine is destined to fail because it is based on the German example of reunification.
Asia-Pacific: A Step Toward Historical Déjà Vu?
By Shang-su Wu
The power structure forming in the region today has echoes of the past.
New EU Free Trade Talks Good for Abenomics
By Clint Richards
The EU’s agreement to a new round of FTA talks could give Abe’s economic reform additional momentum.
Germany Rebukes China’s Anti-Japan PR Campaign
By Zachary Keck
Berlin strongly rebuffed Beijing’s efforts to use Germany’s wartime past to shame Japan during Xi’s trip to Germany.
China Is Not 1914 Germany
By Robert Dujarric
Some critical differences render any comparison badly flawed.
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a German Arms Race
Halloween or not, The Naval Diplomat is not scared of a German arms race. Quite the opposite in fact.
US-German Relations: The View From Berlin
Revelations that the U.S. was spying on Angela Merkel could have long-lasting repercussions.
Germany’s Geographical Curse
For centuries Germany was plagued by difficult geography that Berlin only escaped with the end of the Cold War.
History's Lens: How to Look at China
What is the better optic for looking at today’s China: Bismarckian/Wilhelmine Germany, or post-Meiji Japan?