Ross Campbell is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of West Scotland, UK. He is author of Popular Support for Democracy in Unified Germany: Critical Democrats (Palgrave, 2019) and co-editor of The German Federal Election 2021 (Palgrave, 2023).Louise K. Davidson-Schmich is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida USA. She is co-author of the the book Gender, Leadership, and Crisis: Possibilities and Perils for Women Leaders (with Farida Jalalzai and Malliga Och) as well as co-editor of the 2023 Palgrave volume The German Federal Election 2021 (with Ross Campbell). Davidson-Schmich is Editor of German Politics and a member of the editorial boards of The European Journal of Politics and Gender, Women Politics and Policy,and German Politics and Society.

• Chapter 1: The 2025 German Federal Election: A Polity Under Stress.- Chapter 2: Thematic Introduction: German Foreign and Security Policy in the 2025 General Elections: The Domestic Politics of the ‘Zeitenwende’.- Chapter 3: 1460 Days: German-U.S. Relations in the Second Trump Presidency.- Chapter 4: Russian and Ukrainian Relations with Germany.- Chapter 5: Israeli-German Relations.- Chapter 6: EU-German Relations and the 2025 Federal Election: An Indispensable Member?.- Chapter 7: Thematic Introduction: Issue Saliency in the 2025 German Federal Election.- Chapter 8: Immigration: Party Positions and Voter Perceptions.- Chapter 9: The Economy.- Chapter 10: Climate Change in the 2025 Bundestag Election.- Chapter 11: Social Policy and the 2025 Federal Election.- Chapter 12: Security and the 2025 Federal Elections.- Chapter 13: Taking the Helm? State Traditions and Industrial Policy Debates in the 2025 Bundestag Elections.- Chapter 14: Thematic Introduction: The Party System.- Chapter 15: The Christian Democratic Union/ Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and the 2025 Federal Election: The Unsteady Return.- Chapter 16: The Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the 2025 Federal Election: Radicalised, Resilient, and Regionally Entrenched.- Chapter 17: The Social Democratic Party and the 2025 federal election.- Chapter 18: Alliance 90/The Greens and the 2025 Federal Election: The End of the Habeck/Baerbock Era.- Chapter 19: The Left Party and the 2025 Federal Election: Back from the Dead.- Chapter 20: The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) and the 2025 Federal Election: So Near, Yet So Far.- Chapter 21: The Free Democratic Party and the 2025 Federal Election: From ‘voice of progress’ to just another right-wing party.- Chapter 22: Thematic Introduction: Debates, Voters and Coalitions.- Chapter 23: Beyond the Duell: The Chancellor Debates and the 2025 Election.- Chapter 24: Fluid Loyalties and Hard Decisions: Democratic Satisfaction, Candidates, Party Identification and Consideration Sets in the 2025 Federal Election.- Chapter 25: The Grand Coalition: Last Chance Saloon for the ‘Catch-all’ Parties?.- Chapter 26: Conclusions: The German Federal Election 2025.

Ross Campbell is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of West Scotland, UK. He is author of Popular Support for Democracy in Unified Germany: Critical Democrats (Palgrave, 2019) and co-editor of The German Federal Election 2021 (Palgrave, 2023).Louise K. Davidson-Schmich is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida USA. She is co-author of the the book Gender, Leadership, and Crisis: Possibilities and Perils for Women Leaders (with Farida Jalalzai and Malliga Och) as well as co-editor of the 2023 Palgrave volume The German Federal Election 2021 (with Ross Campbell). Davidson-Schmich is Editor of German Politics and a member of the editorial boards of The European Journal of Politics and Gender, Women Politics and Policy,and German Politics and Society.

• Chapter 1: The 2025 German Federal Election: A Polity Under Stress.- Chapter 2: Thematic Introduction: German Foreign and Security Policy in the 2025 General Elections: The Domestic Politics of the ‘Zeitenwende’.- Chapter 3: 1460 Days: German-U.S. Relations in the Second Trump Presidency.- Chapter 4: Russian and Ukrainian Relations with Germany.- Chapter 5: Israeli-German Relations.- Chapter 6: EU-German Relations and the 2025 Federal Election: An Indispensable Member?.- Chapter 7: Thematic Introduction: Issue Saliency in the 2025 German Federal Election.- Chapter 8: Immigration: Party Positions and Voter Perceptions.- Chapter 9: The Economy.- Chapter 10: Climate Change in the 2025 Bundestag Election.- Chapter 11: Social Policy and the 2025 Federal Election.- Chapter 12: Security and the 2025 Federal Elections.- Chapter 13: Taking the Helm? State Traditions and Industrial Policy Debates in the 2025 Bundestag Elections.- Chapter 14: Thematic Introduction: The Party System.- Chapter 15: The Christian Democratic Union/ Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and the 2025 Federal Election: The Unsteady Return.- Chapter 16: The Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the 2025 Federal Election: Radicalised, Resilient, and Regionally Entrenched.- Chapter 17: The Social Democratic Party and the 2025 federal election.- Chapter 18: Alliance 90/The Greens and the 2025 Federal Election: The End of the Habeck/Baerbock Era.- Chapter 19: The Left Party and the 2025 Federal Election: Back from the Dead.- Chapter 20: The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) and the 2025 Federal Election: So Near, Yet So Far.- Chapter 21: The Free Democratic Party and the 2025 Federal Election: From ‘voice of progress’ to just another right-wing party.- Chapter 22: Thematic Introduction: Debates, Voters and Coalitions.- Chapter 23: Beyond the Duell: The Chancellor Debates and the 2025 Election.- Chapter 24: Fluid Loyalties and Hard Decisions: Democratic Satisfaction, Candidates, Party Identification and Consideration Sets in the 2025 Federal Election.- Chapter 25: The Grand Coalition: Last Chance Saloon for the ‘Catch-all’ Parties?.- Chapter 26: Conclusions: The German Federal Election 2025.

Ross Campbell is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of West Scotland, UK. He is author of Popular Support for Democracy in Unified Germany: Critical Democrats (Palgrave, 2019) and co-editor of The German Federal Election 2021 (Palgrave, 2023).Louise K. Davidson-Schmich is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida USA. She is co-author of the the book Gender, Leadership, and Crisis: Possibilities and Perils for Women Leaders (with Farida Jalalzai and Malliga Och) as well as co-editor of the 2023 Palgrave volume The German Federal Election 2021 (with Ross Campbell). Davidson-Schmich is Editor of German Politics and a member of the editorial boards of The European Journal of Politics and Gender, Women Politics and Policy,and German Politics and Society.

• Chapter 1: The 2025 German Federal Election: A Polity Under Stress.- Chapter 2: Thematic Introduction: German Foreign and Security Policy in the 2025 General Elections: The Domestic Politics of the ‘Zeitenwende’.- Chapter 3: 1460 Days: German-U.S. Relations in the Second Trump Presidency.- Chapter 4: Russian and Ukrainian Relations with Germany.- Chapter 5: Israeli-German Relations.- Chapter 6: EU-German Relations and the 2025 Federal Election: An Indispensable Member?.- Chapter 7: Thematic Introduction: Issue Saliency in the 2025 German Federal Election.- Chapter 8: Immigration: Party Positions and Voter Perceptions.- Chapter 9: The Economy.- Chapter 10: Climate Change in the 2025 Bundestag Election.- Chapter 11: Social Policy and the 2025 Federal Election.- Chapter 12: Security and the 2025 Federal Elections.- Chapter 13: Taking the Helm? State Traditions and Industrial Policy Debates in the 2025 Bundestag Elections.- Chapter 14: Thematic Introduction: The Party System.- Chapter 15: The Christian Democratic Union/ Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and the 2025 Federal Election: The Unsteady Return.- Chapter 16: The Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the 2025 Federal Election: Radicalised, Resilient, and Regionally Entrenched.- Chapter 17: The Social Democratic Party and the 2025 federal election.- Chapter 18: Alliance 90/The Greens and the 2025 Federal Election: The End of the Habeck/Baerbock Era.- Chapter 19: The Left Party and the 2025 Federal Election: Back from the Dead.- Chapter 20: The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) and the 2025 Federal Election: So Near, Yet So Far.- Chapter 21: The Free Democratic Party and the 2025 Federal Election: From ‘voice of progress’ to just another right-wing party.- Chapter 22: Thematic Introduction: Debates, Voters and Coalitions.- Chapter 23: Beyond the Duell: The Chancellor Debates and the 2025 Election.- Chapter 24: Fluid Loyalties and Hard Decisions: Democratic Satisfaction, Candidates, Party Identification and Consideration Sets in the 2025 Federal Election.- Chapter 25: The Grand Coalition: Last Chance Saloon for the ‘Catch-all’ Parties?.- Chapter 26: Conclusions: The German Federal Election 2025.