Commentary Berlin has revised its approach to Beijing, replacing its once accommodating and sympathetic posture with something more wary and hostile. Washington, no doubt, will claim that Germany has followed America’s lead in making a similar change. But given Berlin’s comprehensive approach, the product of considerable compromise, the Germans seem to have taken the lead, much…

Commentary After decades of being China’s closest ally in the European Union, Germany finally appears to have second thoughts. On July 13, Germany issued its first “China strategy” document to guide its political and business establishment on their China engagement going forward in an effort to balance the economic relationship along with the risks of…

The riots in French cities are the latest manifestation of the country’s inability to integrate millions of young Muslim immigrants, but that problem is not limited to just France, according to Soeren Kern, a political scientist specialized in Middle Eastern and transatlantic geopolitics. “What we’re seeing really is the the end of multiculturalism as we…

BANGKOK—Thai police have arrested two Germans in connection with the abduction and slaying of another German, whose dismembered body was found in a freezer in a southern Thailand home, authorities said Wednesday. A 52-year-old German man was apprehended Tuesday evening in Bangkok, and a 47-year-old German woman turned herself in to police earlier in the…

France and Germany have voiced concern over the recent incidents in the South China Sea and affirmed support for a 2016 arbitrary ruling on the sea dispute, which upheld the Philippines’ territorial claims. The French embassy called for respect for international law and resolving disputes through dialogue after reports of Philippine coast guard ships being…

BANGKOK—The dismembered body of a missing German businessman was found in a freezer inside a house in southern Thailand, police said Tuesday. Tawee Kudthalaeng, the police chief in the town of Nong Prue, said the body of 62-year-old Hans-Peter Mack was discovered at about 11 p.m. Monday. Mr. Mack had been missing for a week….

Australia will provide Ukraine aid shipments with vital protection and deploy one of the world’s most sophisticated surveillance aircraft as the ongoing conflict with Russia inches towards its 18th month. Known in Australia as the E-7A Wedgetail, the aircraft is one of the most advanced battlespace management platforms capable of coordinating a joint air, sea and land…

Germany will purchase over 100 new armed vehicles from Australia under a new billion-dollar defence export deal. The deal will see Queensland-made armoured vehicles, known locally as the Boxer Heavy Weapon Carriers, sold to Germany in one of the biggest defence export deals Australia has completed to date. It is estimated to be worth over $1…

DNA testing has led to the arrest of a Nebraska man who was repeatedly questioned over decades in the 1978 stabbing death of a woman while he was stationed with the U.S. Army in Germany, authorities said. Tommy Molina, 69, was arrested in the western Nebraska city of Gering on June 21, the U.S. Marshals…

BERLIN—A man who spent 13 years in prison in Germany for the death of an elderly woman was acquitted in a retrial on Friday by a court that determined the supposed murder victim had died in an accident. Manfred Genditzki, 63, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in 2010 by a…