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.
The current race to replace Angela Merkel will likely result in an entirely new government, and a chance for more autonomy in defense.
Germany may seem a natural partner in Biden’s “global competition between democracy and authoritarianism.” But the German public isn’t interested.
The E3’s failure to stand up to Trump was compounded by a series of miscalculations in the six months since Biden took office.
France and Germany are disenchanted with U.S. sanctions, but Poland and the Baltic states are far from ready for rapprochement.
The Biden team is proving no better than Trump, bullying and treating allies as incapable of making their own decisions.
The E3 appears committed to making the US return to the Iran nuclear deal as difficult as possible
When it comes to China conflict, the United States will find that it’s a leader with few followers.
Germany’s foreign minister recently proposed conditions that JCPOA opponents have pushed for years.
The E3 should urge a resolution to the Iranian nuclear issue that takes note of the facts and provides context to current events.
Once the U.S. military is deployed somewhere around the world, the Blob is gonna work pretty hard to prevent you from bringing them back.
If a restrained U.S. foreign policy means pulling back on security commitments around the world, might that result in nuclear weapons proliferation? And is that a bad thing?
US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell pushed the Germans hard on officially designating Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization.
The E3’s decision to trigger the Dispute Resolution Mechanism of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal could spell the end of that agreement.
The E3 decision to trigger the Dispute Resolution Mechanism looks more like an attempt to shift the blame for its own impotence onto Iran rather than a necessary act of last resort to save the JCPOA.
Triggering the Iran nuclear deal’s dispute mechanism is an assertive move by the E3, but it is also a gamble that could save or sink the agreement.