As Germany lurches left, its foreign policy may go right
The current race to replace Angela Merkel will likely result in an entirely new government, and a chance for more autonomy in defense.
Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan. He previously was affiliated with the Heritage Foundation and Competitive Enterprise Institute.
He writes a weekly column for the American Conservative online and Antiwar.com. Previously a columnist for Forbes online, a nationally syndicated columnist with Copley News Service, and editor of the monthly political magazine Inquiry, he has been widely published in such periodicals as Foreign Policy, Orbis, National Interest, Time, Newsweek, and Fortune, as well as leading newspapers including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. He has written several books, including Foreign Follies: America’s New Global Empire (Xulon Press), Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World (Cato Institute), and The Politics of Plunder: Misgovernment in Washington (Transaction). He is co-author of The Korean Conundrum: America’s Troubled Relationship with North and South Korea (Palgrave/Macmillan).
He received his B.S. in Economics from Florida State University in 1976 and his J.D. from Stanford University in 1979. He is a member of the California and Washington, D.C. bars.
The current race to replace Angela Merkel will likely result in an entirely new government, and a chance for more autonomy in defense.
It would seem the American people aren’t ready for a conflict with China over Taiwan. But are both sides ready to compromise?
The willingness of countries to spill blood and treasure over secession is universal. Who thinks China would be any different?
The CCP’s 100th anniversary is a time for honest reflection. For starters, Washington should not try to emulate it in order to beat it.