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Chancellor Angela Merkel's re-election was secured thanks to the near-collapse of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the strong performance of the classical liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP). Read More.
As the European economic crisis once again comes to a boil, many wonder how the Europeans put themselves in such hot water. This is a political crisis on top of an unemployment crisis, which bubbles on top of a fiscal crisis, underneath which is the critical element of an unsustainable…
The race to save the Euro lumbers on. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have done a deal for a new European intergovernmental agreement. It’s not an EU agreement, formally, but that’s the way it will work in practice. Nations…
Can a nation spend its way to prosperity? We don't have to guess.…
Sally McNamara comments on Angela Merkel's claim that German multiculturalism has been a failure. …
Abstract: The pretense that the European Union is successful and stable—and that the euro is a successful and stable currency—has been exploded by events surrounding the financial bailout of Greece. No one knows where the contagion will spread or how it may end. The…
Nile Gardiner discusses a potential EU bailout for Greece on Fox News's Special Report. …
In April 2009—less than three months into his term of office—President Barack Obama laid out the centerpiece of his foreign policy vision for his Administration: the global eradication of nuclear weapons. Citing America’s atomic strikes against the Japanese Empire during World War II, President Obama stated that…
Testimony before theU.S.-China Economic and Security Review CommissionFebruary 25, 2009 The debate over the nature and implications of Chinese investment around the globe suffers badly from too much speculation and too few facts. It is in the PRC's…
Nile Gardiner discussing Germany's Angela Merkel's refusal to bail out Greece. …
On February 7, Ukrainians elected former Prime Minister Victor Yanukovych as president, a defeat for current Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The first round of elections, held on January 17, appeared to be free and fair. The U.S. embassy and OSCE concluded that the second…
Abstract: "The fall of the [Soviet] empire," former Czech president Vaclav Havel wrote, "is an event on the same scale of historical importance as the fall of the Roman Empire." It is true that Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev repudiated the Brezhnev Doctrine--that the Soviet Union will use force if necessary…
President George W. Bush travels to Germany this week to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of the G-8 summit in Moscow. In her first months as German leader, Merkel has made a significant effort to improve relations between Washington and Berlin in the wake of the tensions produced by disagreements over the war…
The Arctic is quickly reemerging as a strategic area where vital U.S. interests are at stake. The geopolitical and geo-economic importance of the Arctic region is rising rapidly, and its mineral wealth will likely transform the region into a booming economic frontier in the 21st century. The coasts…
The huge controversy in Germany over the Khaled al-Masri case does not bode well for transatlantic cooperation in the war against Al Qaeda. Prosecutors in Munich have issued warrants for the arrest of 13 alleged CIA agents, prompting growing concern in Washington regarding Germany's commitment to aggressively fighting the war against terrorism. It threatens to…
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Abstract: Russia's revenues from oil and natural gas are enabling its aggressive and often anti-Western foreign policy. Russia's falling economic performance has toned down Russia's rhetoric, but has not drastically changed Russia's foreign policy narrative, which remains decidedly anti- status quo and implicitly anti-American.…
Full Text At the end of August, U.S. General Stanley McChrystal, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan, advised the Obama Administration that the mission in Afghanistan "will likely result in failure" unless the U.S. and NATO…
The Bush Administration and Congress should strongly condemn Germany's extraordinary decision to release convicted terrorist and murderer Mohammad Ali Hammadi. Hammadi's release last month and subsequent transfer to Lebanon raise major questions about Germany's commitment to the war on terror and will cast a shadow over the January 11 White House meeting between President George…
After budget-stricken Spain eliminated subsidies for new renewable energy this year, Germany is now following the...…
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The visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington has attracted little attention in the US media, perhaps...…
Speaking to the media this weekend, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CBS’s Bob Schieffer that at NATO’s Lisbon...…
Speaking to younger members of her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party about Germany's 16 million...…
In 2007, the director general of Britain’s internal security service described al-Qaeda and its associated groups as,...…
Germany has taken the clear lead as the European sovereign debt crisis unfolds. This is an obvious outcome because of...…
The country that leads the clean energy economy will lead the global economy. We’ve heard some version of that story a...…
The proposed €110 billion ($140 billion) Greek rescue package announced on Sunday may well not survive the week....…
The social and political drama that played out across Eastern Europe in the decade before the fall of the Berlin Wall...…