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Gedmin in the American Interest: The Dresden Diaries

New Atlanticist
May 6, 2025

Is Merz’s double-take chancellor vote a sign of things to come in Germany?

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Jörn Fleck and Jurek Wille

It took two rounds of voting in the Bundestag to elect Friedrich Merz chancellor, a sign of division unprecedented in modern German history.

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Gedmin in the American Interest: The Dresden Diaries

New Atlanticist
Feb 19, 2025

Germany’s economy has gone from engine to anchor. Here’s what the next chancellor faces.

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Piotr Arak

Revitalizing growth in Germany’s economy, which appears increasingly mired in stagnation, will demand urgent action from the next chancellor.

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Gedmin in the American Interest: The Dresden Diaries

New Atlanticist
Feb 4, 2025

The next German chancellor must lead from the front, not the middle, on European security

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Rachel Rizzo, James Batchik

From support for Ukraine to defense spending, German leaders would be wise to take the phrase Führung aus der Mitte permanently out of their vocabulary.

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Jan 30, 2018

Gedmin in the American Interest: The Dresden Diaries

By Jeffrey Gedmin

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In the News

Jan 25, 2018

Braw Pens Op-Ed in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Need for Germany to Focus on the Bundeswehr’s Military Capabilities

By Elisabeth Braw

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Germany

New Atlanticist

Jan 19, 2018

In Germany, Social Democrats Hold Merkel’s Future in their Hands

By Jörn Fleck

The SPD’s upcoming vote on the future of coalition negotiations government will not only dictate the trajectory of the country’s politics, but could have serious ramifications for the future of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. For a brief moment on January 21, all eyes in German politics will shift from Berlin to Bonn. In the predicted […]

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In the News

Dec 30, 2017

Braw in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Argues in Favor of More Permanent US basing in Germany

By Elisabeth Braw

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President Donald Trump, Prescott Valley, Arizona, Oct. 4, 2016

NATOSource

Dec 13, 2017

Trump Again Questions US Commitment to Defend NATO Allies

By Donald Trump, Real Clear Politics

I’ve strengthen our relationships with America’s allies and asked other NATO members to pay their fair share and now the money is pouring in. The money is pouring in.

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In the News

Dec 7, 2017

Scholl in Foreign Policy: Edgar on Strategy (Part XI): Strategy, or Slip-Up? The Willkommen That Was Heard Round the World

By Ellen Scholl

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Germany

New Atlanticist

Nov 20, 2017

The Importance of Being Angela Merkel

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Chancellor is vital for European solidarity on Russia sanctions, says Atlantic Council’s Fran Burwell If German Chancellor Angela Merkel were to step down from her role it would create uncertainty over the fate of sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its actions in Ukraine, according to Fran Burwell, a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic […]

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New Atlanticist

Nov 16, 2017

Building Transatlantic Common Ground in Combating Global Warming

By Sonja Thielges

As the world gathered in Bonn for its twenty-third Conference of the Parties (COP23), the newly published Emissions Gap Report 2017 by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) helped to underline the mantra of the conference: all countries need to raise their climate protection efforts quickly and substantially. The report shows that even if fully […]

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New Atlanticist

Nov 7, 2017

Bonn and Berlin: COP23 and Coalition Negotiations Face Climate Challenges

By Ellen Scholl

Both the international climate talks this week in the former West German capital of Bonn, and the negotiations over the future composition of the German government continuing this week in Berlin, will focus on the country’s approach to climate policy. While all eyes may be on Bonn, the discussions in Berlin provide a preview, and […]

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Hawk missile system fired during Saber Guardian exercise in Romania, July 19, 2017

NATOSource

Oct 25, 2017

NATO Faces Serious Shortcomings in Command Revamp

By Matthias Gebauer, Konstantin von Hammerstein, Peter Müller, and Christoph Schult, Spiegel

Since the end of June, a report marked “NATO SECRET” has been circulating in headquarters in Brussels that unsparingly lists the alliance’s weaknesses.

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