Marcus Colla
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Biography
Publications
Marcus Colla is Mark Kaplanoff Research Fellow in History at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. His research focuses on the history of modern Germany and Eastern Europe.
![The revenge of the Scholzomat](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Scholz.jpg?itok=WWxoP1gS)
The revenge of the Scholzomat
After a lifetime in the wings, Olaf Scholz’ moment has come. But the task ahead is daunting.
![Germany and Europe: “Ampel” time for reform](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Traffic%20light.jpg?itok=jZJpopwV)
Germany and Europe: “Ampel” time for reform
The Merkel model may no longer be fit for purpose in a rapidly evolving European Union.
![Germany’s federal election: choose any colour you like](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/German%20voting%20posters.jpg?itok=zwY3cBVY)
Germany’s federal election: choose any colour you like
The looming headache of Germany’s coalition arrangements will play out again this September.
![Ordinary Nazis](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-514686368.jpg?itok=JGCHTqoS)
Ordinary Nazis
A growing understanding of interwar German society helps explain the popular embrace of National Socialist ideology.
![Germany’s ordinary new world](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1230624978.jpg?itok=NMOc7RIq)
Germany’s ordinary new world
Nobody knows the size of the personal vote Angela Merkel will take with her, or the consequences for German politics.
![The vanishing hegemon](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1208184777.jpg?itok=KiT0JS3U)
The vanishing hegemon
Trump’s America has a weakening hold on the global imagination. That doesn’t mean an end to the hyper-connected world.
![A Thuringian eruption in Germany](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-637693126%20copy.jpg?itok=oJSPecvu)
A Thuringian eruption in Germany
A fiasco turns to farce, enlivening the far right and leaving succession plans for Angela Merkel in shreds.
![What 1989 unleashed, and what it didn’t](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/3403836725_31da3f2631_k%20copy.jpg?itok=d9NCNBi9)
What 1989 unleashed, and what it didn’t
The story of “post-Wall” Central Europe is not simply a straight line from liberalism’s triumph to its collapse.
![Book review: Hitler’s Anglo-Saxon envy](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Book%20review%20stock%20image_0_5.jpeg?itok=7WZmiEsg)
Book review: Hitler’s Anglo-Saxon envy
A new biography argues the German dictator’s true obsession was to find a way to compete with the US and Great Britain.