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Marcus Colla

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.

Articles by Marcus Colla (39)

Marcus Colla 7 Apr 2022

Turkey plays the dance of the go-betweens in Ukraine war

Ankara is perfectly placed to mediate between Kyiv and Moscow, and recoup some credibility with NATO at the same time.
Marcus Colla 23 Nov 2021

The revenge of the Scholzomat

After a lifetime in the wings, Olaf Scholz’ moment has come. But the task ahead is daunting.
Marcus Colla 8 Oct 2021

Germany and Europe: “Ampel” time for reform

The Merkel model may no longer be fit for purpose in a rapidly evolving European Union.
Marcus Colla 16 Aug 2021

Germany’s federal election: choose any colour you like

The looming headache of Germany’s coalition arrangements will play out again this September.
Marcus Colla 6 Apr 2021

Ordinary Nazis

A growing understanding of interwar German society helps explain the popular embrace of National Socialist ideology.
Marcus Colla 5 Feb 2021

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.
Marcus Colla 20 Apr 2020

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.
Marcus Colla 11 Mar 2020

A Thuringian eruption in Germany

A fiasco turns to farce, enlivening the far right and leaving succession plans for Angela Merkel in shreds.
Marcus Colla 4 Nov 2019

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.