The election of Joe Biden has lifted the mood in Berlin. While Chancellor Angela Merkel seems focused on picking up where she left off with Barack Obama, one big idea as to what to offer the incoming US administration is taking shape: making common cause against China in the security realm.
Germany has become dangerously cavalier when it comes to the country’s vital relationship with the United States.
The Navalny case seems to be bringing about a fundamental rethink of Germany’s Russia policy. This is a very good thing.
With trouble brewing in Belarus, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East, many eyes are turning to German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. But he is not the power-broker type.
The German chancellor is about to preside over her second EU presidency. Conflicts over the EU budget, Brexit, and China are looming large.
