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May 6, 2025

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

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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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US Congressman: ‘I would die for Tallinn’

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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US Congressman: ‘I would die for Tallinn’

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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Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL15), (photo: Office of Congressman John Shimkus)

NATOSource

Aug 5, 2016

US Congressman: ‘I would die for Tallinn’

By John Shimkus

Many Americans served in Europe during the Cold War. I was one of them, serving on the border of the former Czechoslovakia from 1981 through 1984.

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Defense Industrialist

Aug 3, 2016

A Franco-Polish-German tank

By James Hasik

The Polish Defense Minister’s interest in a trilateral development program is sound in many dimensions. For Defense News today, Aaron Mehta, Pierre Tran and Jaroslaw Adamowski report how the Polish Army is edging closer to getting new tanks. During an interview back on July 22, Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz told the reporters that his […]

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New Atlanticist

Jul 29, 2016

NATO’s Trump Card

By Fabrice Pothier

As strange as it seems, both US President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump seem to agree on one thing: European allies don’t spend enough on defense and they need to seriously step up. How they both frame this message is where Obama the statesman and Trump the salesman differ. Since Russia’s annexation […]

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New Atlanticist

Jul 27, 2016

Europe’s (In)security Challenge

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Cooperation among European law enforcement agencies is a ‘big challenge,’ says Atlantic Council’s Fran Burwell A spate of terrorist attacks across Europe over the past nineteen months has shaken confidence in European security, but has had divergent impacts on the popularity of the leaders of France and Germany, according to the Atlantic Council’s Fran Burwell. […]

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Bremain vs Brexit

Jul 21, 2016

Gedmin in Fox News: Europe in Crisis: After Turkey, Nice and Brexit… Can Germany Lead the Way?

By Jeffrey Gedmin

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New Atlanticist

Jul 19, 2016

European Commission to the United Kingdom: Begin Exit Negotiations Swiftly

By Mitch Hulse

The new British government must quickly begin the process of negotiating the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union in order to alleviate market uncertainty, according to a top European Commission official. “From the European Commission’s viewpoint, we are calling on the British government to come up with a proposal to begin exit negotiations without […]

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German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, July 13, 2016 (photo: Christian Thiel/Bundeswehr)

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Jul 15, 2016

A Newly Confident and Audacious Germany

By Constanze Stelzenműller, Washington Post

So the new “White Book” policy framework the German Defense Ministry published this week — its first in a decade — is of interest not only to policy wonks and academics.

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EconoGraphics

Jul 12, 2016

Taking Stock of European Banks: Improvements Amid Challenges

By Nathaniel Rome

Since the British referendum, Europe’s banking sector has come under renewed scrutiny from financial markets as well as European Union officials and finance ministers. A primary focus is on Italy - which has accumulated $400 billion in gross bad loans - and the EU-Italy talks about how to recapitalize the weak Italian banks.

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Polish President Andrzej Duda, July 8, 2016 (photo: NATO)

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Jul 12, 2016

Does Restraint Make Germany an Unreliable Ally?

By Jan Techau, Carnegie Europe

[German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter] Steinmeier rightfully describes how Germany has already come a long way in its foreign policy.

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In the News

Jul 11, 2016

Cohen Joins VOA Russia to Discuss the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the German Attack on Russia

By Ariel Cohen

Watch the full interview here.

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