Joerg Wolf: A plethora of op-eds in the US and German media argue that the Alliance needs to be rescued, revitalized, resurrected, and reinvented. The think tankers want to reaffirm or renegotiate the transatlantic bargain and look for a revolution to overcome geostrategic irrelevance.
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Valentin Naumescu: While the definitive decline of the post-war Atlantic order remains to be seen, there is definitely a gravity shift taking place in world economic and geopolitical activity. But to what extent the potential of emerging regions like the Asia-Pacific can be translated into real influence remains to be seen.
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