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.
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Favourites of 2017: Age of Anger
Modernisation has always produced angry victims.
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Breakdown in Berlin
As German leaders mull new elections or minority government, French President Emmanuel Macron waits impatiently.
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German elections: The collapse of consensus
For Merkel, this was a hollow victory. The results will prompt introspection among the old parties.
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Turkey’s EU accession: A useful fiction
Terminating the talks completely would be an enormous betrayal of the many pro-European Turks who have placed great hope in the EU to curb abuses in Turkey.
![The Russian ‘taboo’ and the German election](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/CDU_crop.jpg?itok=lf8C5QH5)
The Russian ‘taboo’ and the German election
When it comes to Germany and Russia, pragmatic economic interests run up against a philosophical commitment to human rights and a liberal European order, and adherence to the…
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The G20 Hamburg riots and the German election
The G20 riots in Hamburg have raised a number of pertinent political questions about domestic security and political extremism in Germany.
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The Merkel-Trump meeting: NATO, jobs and trade
Merkel and Trump may be contrasting personalities, but this is not necessarily a handicap to a functional, pragmatic relationship.
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Merkel's Faustian bargain with Erdogan
If Merkel believes she can employ soft power, diplomacy and compromise to reverse Erdogan’s tide, she is sadly mistaken.
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Trump: Not the ideal poster-boy for European populists
A Trump association risks squandering hard-earned respectability.