Upon taking office, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) decided to make “a pact with America the cornerstone of her foreign policy,” reorienting Germany away from Russia and back towards the United States.[1] This pact has become increasingly tenuous after the election of Donald Trump as this year’s Berlin Foreign Policy Forum demonstrated. The Berlin ForeignContinue reading “Merkel’s Tenuous Pact with America in the Age of Trump”
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Merkel’s Message to US: NATO is not ‘Obsolete’ – and neither is the Russian Boogeyman
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen used the 53rd Munich Security Conference to send a message to the new U.S. administration: NATO is not “obsolete” – and neither is the Russian boogeyman! “There can be no policy of equidistance between allies on one side and those who on the other questionContinue reading “Merkel’s Message to US: NATO is not ‘Obsolete’ – and neither is the Russian Boogeyman”
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