Despite all the talk, don’t expect any real changes in Berlin’s security policy, says John Hulsman.
Americans would not be shocked if they found out that Germany spied on them, says former CIA chief.
Jacob Appelbaum is one of the leading US computer security activists and, along with Laura Poitras, a confidant of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. DW spoke to Appelbaum about the NSA and living in exile.
Republican Rep. Frank James Sensenbrenner is the leading voice in US Congress to push for strict NSA legislation and has authored the Freedom Act, which aims to end bulk data gathering.
Michael Hayden, a former director of the NSA, CIA and US national intelligence, tells DW he sees German anger at US spying as genuine and says the NSA shouldn't have got caught tapping Chancellor Merkel's phone.
Former British Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, tells DW that democratic oversight is key in intelligence. Data gathering is not the worry, he says, but who does what with the information.
Former NSA technical director William Binney tells DW that revelations by Edward Snowden do not reveal the full extent of NSA surveillance. He also explains why he is hopeful that Congress will finally act.
Best-selling novelist and former CIA operative Barry Eisler tells DW why listening in on Chancellor Merkel’s phone is counterproductive and why he isn’t very optimistic about intelligence reforms.
Former NSA senior executive Thomas Drake blew the whistle on a failed surveillance program called Trailblazer. He tells DW that the US whistleblower laws failed to protect him from retaliation within the NSA.
The head of Human Rights Watch talks to DW about Russia's role in Syria and Ukraine.
Speaking to DW, John McCain describes the Ukraine conflict as "very dangerous."
Instead of paying for a new, largely untested missile system, Berlin should simply stick with the proven Patriot system, writes John Hulsman. Not only does this make financial sense, it’s the way of the future.
Germany's stance on EU security and defense has been pretty unambitious. But ministers in the new coalition government may push Chancellor Merkel toward supporting greater integration, argues Thorsten Benner.
Europe and the IMF clash over the austerity vs growth debate, writes Elliott Morss.
China and the US also face a debate on austerity vs growth, writes Elliott Morss.
The sequester is dead, long live the semiquester. Now that the US 2014 budget deal is law, a pattern has emerged, one that will probably be the new normal regardless of the party in power, writes Garett Jones.
On October 8, 2008, Iceland became the first advanced economy to suffer a systemic banking collapse. As Ásgeir Jónsson notes, five years on the European banking system remains fundamentally flawed.