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Political meddling has long hampered German intelligence and security. Not any more. By Edward Lucas Penetrated by the opposition, paralysed by legal obstacles and subject to political interference, Germany’s intelligence services were for decades seen as at best useless, and at worst outright harmful. I remember a British spook in cold-war Berlin in the 1980s joking: “If you want Gorbachev to know something quickly, tell the Germans in strict secrecy: it will be on his desk

The continent must leverage its strong industrial base to catch up with the introduction of high-energy laser weapons. Iron Beam /...

Ahead of the German federal elections later this month, pro-Kremlin outlets employ the usual manipulative narratives including tropes...

As Germany prepares to head to the polls, pro-Kremlin actors are deploying an arsenal of disinformation tactics to manipulate public...

The hard, painful, pointy end of oncoming consequences has hit the Kremlin. Their foot soldiers got caught red-handed in Germany and...

Allied anger at Germany mounts as Chancellor Olaf Scholz keeps shifting his demands for arming Ukraine with main battle tanks. In the...

In these series of articles, we will review US sanctions on Russia. The chronology, what they are about and what are reasons why they...