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WASHINGTON – Despite suspicion and misunderstanding on both sides of the Atlantic, U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration must value the importance of the transatlantic relationship to the United States and work with European partners on key challenges like counterterrorism, Russia, China, and trade, says a collective of leading European and American scholars. In a new report from the Transatlantic Academy entitled Suspicious Minds: U.S.-German Relations in the Trump Era, they also argue that Germany should creatively increase defense spending and capabilities as part of its own national interest.
“Germany has clearly emerged …read more