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November 4, 2009 | Angela Merkel is Europe's Quiet Leader

Anne Applebaum: The international community is not worried that Germany is heading towards a Fourth Reich because Angela Merkel is at the helm. It is the Chancellor’s dull-pragmatism, her “anti-Obama” demeanor, which has allowed her to quietly increase Berlin’s influence, while being roundly applauded.

June 3, 2009 | State-Backed Opel Deal Poses Threat to Free Markets

Jens F. Laurson & George A. Pieler : The recent deal to save Opel in Europe, which was backed by the US, German and Russian leaders and included a 1.5 billion euro investment from Germany, is not the end of the story. The deal blithely gave the state control of a major industry - putting free markets themselves at stake.

June 19, 2008 | Germany Not Able to be Tough on Iran

Fabian Martin Lieschke: President Bush’s effort to unite the EU-3 behind an American proposal for harsher measures on Iran may be undermined by German domestic politics.

January 15, 2008 | Germany's Foreign Policy is Dangerous

Dr. Dimitrios Argirakos: Angela Merkel subordinates German international relations to US geopolitical objectives, something that Bismarck and Adenauer would not understand.

November 8, 2007 | India's Changes

Eckart von Klaeden: India has become a new global player. The broadening and deepening of relations with Western powers such as Germany and the United States in recent years has been welcomed in Berlin and Washington.

May 8, 2007 | What Is Today's Most Important Transatlantic Issue?

Atlantic Initiative Advisory Board: members discuss the most important issue facing the transatlantic relationship today. Rudolf G. Adam, Christoph Bertram, Philip von Boehm-Bezing, John Hulsman, Eckart von Klaeden, Hans-Ulrich Klose, and Norbert Otten find that the West continues to be a political power player.

November 24, 2011 | Who is Angela Merkel?

As Angela Merkel emerges as one of the biggest players in the ongoing Euro saga, opinion is mixed over her leadership qualities. ++ Her life and political career show a politician who is level headed and cautious, but also capable of shrewdly navigating the ideological waters of both East German academia and modern-day party politics. ++ Her domestic constituency sees her, favorably, as a

April 23, 2010 | War in Afghanistan, Rift in the Bundestag

The politics of partisanship have emerged in German parliament over the war in Afghanistan.++ Recent political scandals, such as the death of civilians in the Kunduz affair, have turned the electorate overwhelmingly against the war.++ Parliament is likely to follow suit: “…with the public growing ever more skeptical, old political frontlines could start to reappear.” ++ Merkel

November 5, 2009 | Rising to the Challenge

Angela Merkel surpassed expectations at home and impressed the joint session of Congress with her historic speech in Washington on Tuesday. ++ Unlike Adenauer’s, her speech was an enthusiastic acknowledgement of the German-American relationship. ++ With a long and intertwined past, the two countries will continue to grow together into the future. ++ Her clear and direct tone displayed her oft

November 3, 2009 | Merkel Must Set The Right Tone

German Chancellor Angela Merkel must set the right tone in Washington, applauding a strong relationship but also showing the determination to step up in a multi-polar world. ++ Realpolitik requires greater cooperation in Afghanistan through military and monetary support, which must be the guiding focus of the transatlantic relationship. ++ Furthermore, if Germany (and Europe as a whole) is

October 26, 2009 | Germany Wants US Nukes out

Germany’s new coalition government has outlined its policy program promising tax cuts and maintaining nuclear power. ++ There has been a huge change in foreign policy with foreign minister Guido Westerwelle pushing Washington to remove its nuclear weapons from Germany. ++ With limited English and little foreign policy experience Westerwelle is not the ideal person for the US to deal with. ++

September 27, 2007 | Europe + America = Geopolitical Sense: Europeans Rebuilding Transatlantic Bridges

Anti-Americanism in Europe has had its day, writes Stryker McGuire of Newsweek International. With Bush’s departure in sight and the gradual fading of contentions over Iraq, an amicable attitude towards the United States appears to be emerging with unlikely duo France and Germany leading the way.

However, where French President Nicholas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel both