You can subscribe here. /// Die drei ??? (= The Three Question Marks), has been very popular in Germany. As the race to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel heats up, the three main contenders to succeed her are also facing a mystery of sorts, namely what their country’s foreign policy will look like in the post-Merkel era. The German election campaign has only just begun, but analysts believe that in terms of foreign and security policy, none of the five parties in the running presents a fully reassuring image to Germany’s neighbours or allies. “Of course, elections are generally not fought or won on foreign policy. But German voters would do well to remember that their country’s wealth and power depends on the stability and security of its neighbourhood,” commented Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute.