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Braw in Foreign Policy: Germany Is Quietly Building a European Army Under Its Command

New Atlanticist
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A man in a hurry: Keir Starmer’s early approach is making waves at home and abroad

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Ed Owen

The new UK prime minister’s much-anticipated speech at the Labour Party’s recent gathering in Liverpool is a window into where the country may be headed.

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Braw in Foreign Policy: Germany Is Quietly Building a European Army Under Its Command

New Atlanticist
Oct 2, 2024

Three state elections have backed Germany into a corner

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Jurek Wille and Friedrich Conradi

The recent successes of populist parties in Germany’s state elections could signal an imminent shift in Berlin’s policies on climate, immigration, and aid for Ukraine.

Elections
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Braw in Foreign Policy: Germany Is Quietly Building a European Army Under Its Command

New Atlanticist
Sep 26, 2024

France’s new government aims to calm the political storm. What will it mean for foreign policy?

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Léonie Allard, Jean-Loup Samaan

Prime Minister Michel Barnier is likely to follow the path of President Emmanuel Macron, but the big question is whether the delicate political context in Paris will allow ministers to focus on crises in Ukraine and Lebanon.

Europe & Eurasia
France

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In the News

May 22, 2017

Braw in Foreign Policy: Germany Is Quietly Building a European Army Under Its Command

By Elisabeth Braw

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Germany

In the News

May 21, 2017

Dungan Joins Radio France Internationale

By Nicholas Dungan

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France
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NATOSource

May 15, 2017

NATO Frantically Tries to Trump-Proof President’s First Visit

By Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy

NATO is scrambling to tailor its upcoming meeting to avoid taxing President Donald Trump’s notoriously short attention span.

Germany NATO

In the News

May 13, 2017

Ellinas in Cyprus Weekly: What Comes Naturally

By Charles Ellinas

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United Kingdom

Defense Industrialist

May 10, 2017

Is imported steel a threat to American national security?

By James Hasik

It hasn’t been, it isn’t now, and it probably won’t be in the future. Last month, President Donald Trump promulgated a memorandum on “Steel Imports and Threats to National Security,” directing Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to consider whether “steel is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to […]

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In the News

May 10, 2017

Gedmin in the Washington Post: Europe Desperately Needs Leadership. It Should Come From Berlin.

By Jeffrey Gedmin

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New Atlanticist

May 9, 2017

Macron Faces a World of Challenges

By Louis Golino

Emmanuel Macron’s election as the next president of France is consequential not just because it is the first time that a centrist who has never held elected office has won or that it reinforces, after the recent Dutch and Austrian elections, the fact that the forces of nationalism have, at least for now, been kept […]

European Union France

In the News

May 9, 2017

Dungan Joins France 24 to Discuss France’s New President Emmanuel Macron

By Nicholas Dungan

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France

New Atlanticist

May 8, 2017

For Macron, the Hard Part Starts Now

Emmanuel Macron’s election as the next president of France marks a defeat for Russian President Vladimir Putin and a setback for the wave of populism that has swept the West, but France is not out of the woods just yet. “Vladimir Putin emerges as a loser,” said Daniel Fried, a former US assistant secretary of […]

France

In the News

May 8, 2017

Gedmin Quoted by Bloomberg on World Politics After Macron Victory

By Jeffrey Gedmin

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