6b Bonus – Do Germans Care About Geopolitics and Geoeconomics?
Show notes
Are everyday Germans willing to pay the “National Security Premium” to be less dependent on authoritarian countries like Russia and China? In this bonus episode, we speak with Jan Eichhorn about his recent research that suggests that the answer to that question is yes, they are. We also speak to him about what kind of messages the German public wants to send to their leaders on foreign policy more generally. Research from the independent ‘d|part’ think tank suggests Germans want leadership on geoeconomics and geopolitics but that German politicians need to go the extra mile to make the links that will take people with them as they pursue better policy directions.
Guests:
- Jan Eichhorn, Senior Lecturer on Social Policy at University of Edinburgh and Research Director of d|part (@eichhorn_jan)
Resources:
- On public (non-)understandings of systemic issues, especially in the context of climate policy (study in Germany and 8 other countries), d|part
- On issue linkage with systemic economic questions, d|part
- On the political engagement of minority groups,d|part
- On trade-offs and people holding contradictory views (here on values),d|part
- Germans want their government to do more for Ukraine, Aaron Gasch Burnett, Open Canada
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