The German Greens’ Evolution on Foreign Policy

The German Greens’ Evolution on Foreign Policy
Annalena Baerbock of Germany’s Green party at a party convention in Leipzig, Germany, Nov. 9, 2018 (AP photo by Jens Meyer).

Germany’s Green party has surged in public opinion polling ahead of general elections this fall, indicating it is likely to be part of the country’s next coalition government. On the Trend Lines podcast this week, Claudia Major, head of the international security research division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin, joined WPR’s Elliot Waldman to talk about how the Greens’ views on foreign policy have evolved in recent years and how they fit into the German political mainstream.

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