DW Berlin Briefing - Inside German politics
Sep 16, 2026 · 31 min · 9 segments
Is Germany buying security or dependence? This week on Berlin Briefing: Michaela Küfner, Nina Haase and Ines Pohl unpack Germany's latest US weapons deal, NATO's future and Washington's expectations.
Nina HaaseHost
Michaela KüfnerHost
Ines PohlGuest
It's no longer working, and now that Boris Pistorius, the German defense minister, finally got that second appointment with Pete Hegseth in Washington, went over there to visit him, um, the question of course is, is this about more of a big deal, or is this really about rebuilding, firming up, shoring up, call it what you like, an alliance and trying to save NATO? And we'll talk about that with Nina Horcher, our chief political correspondent who's traveling with the German defense minister, and Ines Pohl, our Washington bureau chief who's in and out of the White House and interpreting those comments for us, uh, all year round.
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It's no longer working, and now that Boris Pistorius, the German defense minister, finally got that second appointment with Pete Hegseth in Washington, went over there to visit him, um, the question of course is, is this about more of a big deal, or is this really about rebuilding, firming up, shoring up, call it what you like, an alliance and trying to save NATO? And we'll talk about that with Nina Horcher, our chief political correspondent who's traveling with the German defense minister, and Ines Pohl, our Washington bureau chief who's in and out of the White House and interpreting those comments for us, uh, all year round.