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Should NATO’s Article 5 Only Protect Allies that Bear Fair Part of Defense Burden?

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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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Should NATO’s Article 5 Only Protect Allies that Bear Fair Part of Defense Burden?

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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Should NATO’s Article 5 Only Protect Allies that Bear Fair Part of Defense Burden?

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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Meeting of NATO Defense Ministers, October 14, 2010

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Oct 11, 2013

Should NATO’s Article 5 Only Protect Allies that Bear Fair Part of Defense Burden?

By Andrew Roberts, Hoover Institution

“Britannia’s 19 Ships Can’t Rule a Single Wave” was a recent headline in London’s Sunday Times.

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German Army Leopard II tank

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Oct 9, 2013

German Military Power in an Age of Austerity

By Patrick Keller, American Enterprise Institute

Since 1990, the Bundeswehr has been undergoing constant reform.

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"The existing conventional arms control regime in Europe is in need of modernization"

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Sep 27, 2013

Poland, Germany and Denmark Call for Progress in Conventional Arms Control in Europe

By Foreign Ministry of Poland

The foreign ministers of Poland, Germany and Denmark at a meeting today in New York called for renewed engagement in establishing a well-functioning and up to date conventional arms control system in Europe.

Europe & Eurasia Germany

New Atlanticist

Sep 19, 2013

Can Germany Be a Civil Superpower?

By Julian Lindley-French

The Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘superpower’ as a “very powerful and influential nation.” On September 22, democratic Germany will go to the polls. Some commentators and politicians are posing what they believe to be a fundamental and existential question implicit in the election – a German Europe or a European Germany? The Economist in a […]

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U.S. Ambassador to Germany John Emerson

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Sep 16, 2013

US Ambassador to Germany: Trans-Atlantic Cooperation is ‘Indispensable’

By John Emerson, Department of State

People call the United States the indispensable nation

Economy & Business Germany
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany

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Sep 12, 2013

Germany is a Vegetarian in a World Full of Carnivores

By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

While the US, Britain and France are agonising about intervention in Syria, there is no agonising in Germany. A large majority of the electorate wants to stay out of the conflict – and all of the big political parties agree.

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Final ceremony at Campbell Barracks in Heidelberg, Sept. 6, 2013

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Sep 10, 2013

Closing Ceremony for EUCOM’s Historic Campbell Barracks

By Alison Smale, New York Times

For Germans and Americans who had long imagined a dramatic coda to the cold war, it came instead in a few solemn, quiet moments.

Europe & Eurasia Germany
LTC POL AF Paul does his F-16 walkaround inspection before flight in Exercise Brilliant Arrow

NATOSource

Sep 9, 2013

NATO Concludes Air Training Exercise, Brilliant Arrow

By Allied Command Operations

One of the largest NATO air training events of the year, Exercise Brilliant Arrow, took place at Orland Airbase, in Norway from 25 Aug to 5 Sep 2013.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel

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Aug 30, 2013

Germany: No Plans to Join Syria Military Action

By AP and Charles Hawley, Spiegel

From AP:  The German government said Friday that it isn’t considering joining military action against Syria and hasn’t been asked by others to do so.

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USAF KC-135R Stratotanker at Incirlik air base

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Aug 28, 2013

Turkey may Open İncirlik Base for NATO Mission in Syria

By Murat Yetkin, Hurriyet Daily News

Turkey may open its strategic İncirlik air base for possible military operations into neighboring Syria, if the Western defense alliance NATO decides for an intervention in the ongoing civil war, a ranking Turkish official told the Hürriyet Daily News on Aug. 26.

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