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BERLIN POLICY JOURNAL is a bimonthly digital magazine on international affairs, edited in Germany’s capital. Each issue sets a theme and furthers debates, in addition to reporting on a diverse range of current and emerging foreign policy topics. We offer in-depth analysis and thought-provoking insights from leading thinkers and commentators, including extensive profiles of decision-makers from Europe and beyond.

It is available via GooglePlay and the Apple App Store to be read on tablets and smart phones. This website carries previews, full-length articles, and current blog posts on a range of issues including German (“Berlin Observer“) and European policy (“Eye on Europe“), Russia (“Planet Moscow”), the Transatlantic relationship (“Manhattan Transfer“), the wider world (“Beyond the Seas“), security issues (“Bullets and Bytes“), and energy policy around Germany’s Energiewende (“Going Renewable“).

Editor-in-chief: Martin Bialecki
Executive editor: Henning Hoff
Editorial team: Noah Gordon, Uta Kuhlmann, Sumi Somaskanda, Joachim Staron
Copy editing: Bettina Vestring
Project management: Christine Krüger
Art direction: Thorsten Kirchhoff

Website design & coding: Mario Cruz and Dominik Herrmann

BERLIN POLICY JOURNAL, a sister publication of INTERNATIONALE POLITIK (IP), is published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Germany’s network for foreign policy. As an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit membership organization, publisher, and think tank the DGAP has been promoting public debate on foreign policy in Germany for over 60 years.

BERLIN POLICY JOURNAL is located at

President: Arend Oetker

The DGAP is registered as a non-profit organization under the registration number: VR 20658 Nz

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A bimonthly magazine on international affairs, edited in Germany's capital