Section: The German Marshall Fund of the United States (USA)
Can Core Europe Move Forward without a Core?
Photo credit: ptnphoto / Shutterstock, Inc. The impact of the British departure from the EU and the growing internal and external threat to the European integration project have imposed the reiteration of a debate about the forms and shapes through which the continent can move forward. This happens on the backdrop of incomplete and insufficient...
Frau Merkel Comes to Washington
German Chancellor Merkel will enter the lion’s den on Tuesday, March 14, for her first meeting with President Trump. It is difficult to remember such an inauspicious start in the sixty eight year relationship between the United States and a democratic Germany. While there have been quite a few bad personal relationships — between German...
Three Questions with Dr. Agnieszka Łada
Editor’s Note: The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) in Warsaw hosted a discussion with Dr. Agnieszka Łada, head of the European Program and senior analyst at the Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw on Tuesday, February 28. Dr. Łada provided her perspective on the future of EU integration at the event and discussed...
NATO: A New Era of Negotiations Begins
Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer was interviewed by L’Express’s defense correspondent to discuss the future of the European security and the role of NATO under Trump’s administration. She explained that Trump’s positions toward Brexit and his stances on NATO “divide and weaken the credibility of the Alliance. […] All of...
Berlin’s Foreign Policy Dilemma: A Paradigm Shift in Volatile Times
Photo credit: Tobias Koch Germany’s foreign policy over the last decades has been a paradox. An economic powerhouse with the potential for a key leadership role in Europe, Germany has often been accused of being too cautious or uncooperative in addressing European and transatlantic challenges. At the same time, expectations for German...
Three Questions with Jonathan Katz
Jonathan Katz joined GMF as a senior resident fellow on February 1, 2017. His career has spanned development, defense, and diplomacy, most recently as the deputy assistant administrator in the Europe and Eurasia Bureau at the U.S. Agency for International Development and as a senior advisor at the U.S. State Department. GMF is excited that you...
Berlin’s New Pragmatism in an Era of Radical Uncertainty
Photo credit: elxeneize / Shutterstock, Inc. Abstract: Germany has emerged as the EU’s central economic and political power in today’s crisis-ridden Europe. The U.K., after the Brexit vote, has probably dropped out of global crisis management for quite a while and the United States, under President Barack Obama, already significantly...
Leadership in Partnership: Berlin’s New Pragmatism in an Era of Radical Uncertainty
Abstract: Germany has emerged as the EU’s central economic and political power in today’s crisis-ridden Europe. The U.K., after the Brexit vote, has probably dropped out of global crisis management for quite a while and the United States, under President Barack Obama, already significantly retrenched from global commitments. Thus the...
What to Watch Out For, Mr. President
17 tips for the new Trump administration, from heavy hitters on Obama’s national security team. By Foreign Policy’s Shadow Government Contributors In their first post marking the relaunch of Shadow Government as a blog by foreign-policy officials who served under President Barack Obama, co-editors Derek Chollet, Colin Kahl, and Julie...
NATO-Russia Relations in 2017: Hostage of a Post-Truth World?
Editor’s Note: Dominik P. Jankowski is head of OSCE and Eastern Security Unit at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was Marshall Memorial Fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States in 2012. Post-truth became a fundamental element in shaping international relations in 2016. There is no doubt that Russia actively helped...
