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Moving Beyond Rhetoric: The New US-German “Special Relationship”

It’s time to separate the rhetoric from reality.  The awkward public exchanges between Angela Merkel and Donald Trump—despite the hyperbolic reactions on both sides of the Atlantic—should not change the strategic partnership between the US and Germany.  On the contrary, a window of unique opportunity exists to redefine the US-German partnership as the “special relationship” […]

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Washington and Berlin: Building the New “Special Relationship”

The unanticipated victory of Donald Trump—despite the hyperbolic reactions on both sides of the Atlantic—will not change the strategic partnership between the US and Germany.  On the contrary, Trump’s election presents a unique opportunity to redefine the US-German partnership as the new “special relationship” of the future.  Nowhere is this more apparent than in the […]