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Mar 20, 2017

Cohen Joins BBC to Discuss Recent Meeting Between President Trump and Chancellor Merkel

By Ariel Cohen

Watch the full interview here.

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NATOSource

Mar 17, 2017

Trump to Merkel: Our NATO Allies Need ‘to Pay’

By Donald Trump, Angela Merkel, and Reuters

Donald Trump: I reiterated to Chancellor Merkel my strong support for NATO, as well as the need for our NATO allies to pay their fair share for the cost of defense.

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In the News

Mar 17, 2017

Burwell Quoted by CBS News on Trade and Recent Meeting Between President Trump and Chancellor Merkel

By Frances Burwell

Read the full article here.

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Mar 16, 2017

How to Prevent Future Cyber Attacks

By Franklin D. Kramer, Robert Butler and Catherine Lotrionte, US News and World Report

Wednesday’s indictment of Russian hackers, including from Russia’s Federal Security Service, over cyberthefts against Yahoo

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New Atlanticist

Mar 16, 2017

Merkel Puts Europe First

By Ashish Kumar Sen

German chancellor’s visit to Washington puts focus on US-German, US-European relationships, says Atlantic Council’s Fran Burwell German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a tough re-election battle in September and a meeting with US President Donald J. Trump is perhaps not the best way for her to burnish her credentials with the German electorate. The fact that […]

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Mar 15, 2017

Trump and Merkel Cannot Afford to Fail

By Ariel Cohen

The massive snowstorm that postponed German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to the White House is symbolic of the chill in US-German relations. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized Merkel’s open borders policy, which has brought over 1,250,000 refugees to Germany since 2015. Merkel has responded with a strong defense of freedom of movement and […]

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Mar 7, 2017

Fearing US Withdrawal, Europe Considers Its Own Nuclear Deterrent

By Max Fisher, New York Times

An idea, once unthinkable, is gaining attention in European policy circles: a European Union nuclear weapons program.

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Feb 24, 2017

Russia’s Information Warfare Targets German Soldiers in Lithuania

By Deutsche Welle

Earlier this month, outside influences, again widely believed to be Russian, tried to replicate the success of the “Lisa” faux-scandal in Lithuania.

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Feb 24, 2017

Amid Growing Threats, Germany Plans to Expand Troop Numbers to Nearly 200,000

By Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy

Germany is slowly shedding its reluctance to wield military power, announcing Wednesday it would boost the size of its armed forces to nearly 200,000 over the next seven years.

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EconoGraphics

Feb 22, 2017

The United States Needs Europe and Vice-Versa

By Lu Ding & Ole Moehr

The United States is the world’s largest recipient of global foreign direct investment (FDI). On a current-cost basis, the US FDI stock was more than three times larger than that of the second largest destination country in 2014, the most recent year from which statistics are available. Despite the current fragile global economy and great political uncertainty, foreign investment in the United States remains strong.

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