Niels Annen

Berlin

Niels Annen is Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office since 2018. He previously worked as a policy officer in the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and was a senior resident fellow at the German Marshall Fund in Washington D.C.

Articles

Interviews | 02.07.2021

'Nicaragua is moving towards autocracy'

President Daniel Ortega has launched a crackdown on the opposition. German Minister of State Niels Annen on Nicaragua's slide towards autocracy

Interviews | 21.02.2019

'We should not take friendships for granted'

Minister of State Niels Annen talks about the threat to rules-based multilateralism and Germany’s role in the world

Interviews | 30.01.2018

Politics one, justice nil

A 12-years sentence for Brazil’s ex-president Lula is based on smear, not fact, says Niels Annen

Africa | 13.06.2017

A new breed of dependency

Europe’s Africa policy should be about more than just investment

Opinion | 14.03.2017

An uninvited guest

If Germany’s a democratic country, it should allow President Erdogan a platform whether it likes his views or not, says Niels Annen