On August 1, Andrew Michta, nonresident senior fellow of the GeoStrategy Initiative, published an article in RealClearDefense titled “NATO and the Future of European Security: The German Question.” He argues that the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy in Europe and that the national interests of the United States are diverging from Europe’s interests.
The real test will come in the economic domain, when Washington’s determination to decouple from China is confronted by Berlin’s conviction that the best it can do is to “derisk” its presence in the Chinese market while remaining committed to staying there.
