Episode

Beyond the big powers: Germany aims to diversify

Podcast

DW Berlin Briefing - Inside German politics

Published

Feb 6, 2026

Duration seconds

2122

Processing state

not_requested

Canonical source

https://www.dw.com/en/beyond-the-big-powers-germany-aims-to-diversify/audio-75829681?maca=en-podcast_Berlin_Briefing-42113-xml-mrss

Audio

https://radiodownloaddw-a.akamaihd.net/Events/podcasts/en/42113_podcast_Berlin_Briefing/BC0E61D2_2-podcast-42113-75829681.mp3

JSON

/v1/public/podcasts/dw-berlin-briefing-inside-german-politics-7077761/episodes/beyond-the-big-powers-germany-aims-to-diversify

Markdown

/podcast/dw-berlin-briefing-inside-german-politics-7077761/beyond-the-big-powers-germany-aims-to-diversify.md

Actions

• POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dw-berlin-briefing-inside-german-politics-7077761/episodes/beyond-the-big-powers-germany-aims-to-diversify/transcription-requests
  Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
• GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dw-berlin-briefing-inside-german-politics-7077761/beyond-the-big-powers-germany-aims-to-diversify.md
  Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

Where is Germany really heading as it scrambles to diversify its foreign‑policy partnerships? In this Berlin Briefing, Nina Haase talks to Jakob Hensing (GPPi) about Germany’s evolving role in a tense, multipolar world. Richard Walker and Michaela Küfner join in to share rare first‑hand insights from traveling with German officials on diplomatic missions to the Indo‑Pacific and the Gulf.