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With the midterms tilting in the Democrats’ favor, there is a chance that Congress will once again act as a stronger counterweight to Donald Trump’s presidency. 

Given US President Donald Trump’s historic unpopularity, the mystery is why the Democrats are not poised to win even bigger in the upcoming midterm elections, The New Yorker’s Washington correspondent, author, and commentator Susan Glasser tells IPQ.

Relations between Washington and Berlin have deteriorated in recent years. With the return of great power competition, both sides would profit immensely from revitalizing it, by finding a new division of labor that resembles the old one.

The CDU’s losses in the most recent state elections have plunged German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’ government into an existential crisis. This will significantly weaken Germany’s foreign and European policy.

Chinese trade policies and subsidies are destroying the European Union’s industrial base. This fall, the Europeans need to respond—and prepare for the conflict in the right way.

The German government finally wants to protect European industry from Chinese overcapacity. However, it is relying on the wrong measures to do so.

German-Indian relations and, by extension, European-Indian relations have experienced a boost in 2026. It’s important now to ground them in honesty.

Deploying a Franco-British “fleet-in-being” to the Strait of Hormuz would be the best way to persuade Tehran to negotiate.

After another temperature record-breaking summer, the need for Europe to introduce air conditioning more widely has become obvious. Luckily, there is a solution with additional benefits.