The German Elections: False Dawn for the Obama-Merkel Era
McNamara, Sally
Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder Nr. 2330, October 20, 2009, online edition, 11p
"While German–American relations have improved in tone from the thinly veiled hostility of Gerhard Schroeder’s chancellorship, all is not perfect between recently re-elected Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Obama. German troops in Afghanistan sit on the sidelines while American and British soldiers fight and die; Germany actively pursues trade with Iran, opposing tougher sanctions on the terror regime; Berlin and Moscow are becoming disconcertingly cozy; and Merkel supports a separate EU defense force at the expense of Germany’s NATO commitments. This essay details crucial steps that the Obama Administration should pursue—not just for the sake of the transatlantic relationship, but also in the interest of U.S. security."
Sally McNamara is a Sally McNamara is a Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs at The Heritage Foundation's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom.
Go to the essay at:
http://www.heritage.org/research/europe/upload/bg_2330.pdf
F5/05-09, posted November 20, 2009
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