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    • Strategic Europe

    Germany’s Other Foreign Policy Agenda

    The euro crisis is not the only foreign policy challenge facing the new government in Berlin. Will Germany now realize its potential and develop a foreign policy worthy of the name?

    • Strategic Europe

    Judy Asks: Can Hollande and Merkel Now Work Together?

    Every week leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.

    • Strategic Europe

    The Real Risk of Merkel’s EU Policy

    By saying no to deeper political union, Germany’s chancellor may have scuppered the chances of ever repairing the imbalance between political and economic integration in Europe.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Angela Merkel: Time to Take the Lead

    Merkel’s leadership is made up of a whole series of anti-leader qualities: attempts to put off needed decisions, not wanting to take responsibility, an emphasis on pragmatism, privatizing opponents’ ideas, and refusing to set a clear foreign policy line.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Limits of Leadership

    For Europe as a whole to play a strategic role in global affairs it needs to be more integrated internally. A sense of direction will be required, alongside a will to be an independent actor on the world stage, and pay the price.

    • Strategic Europe

    What Merkel’s Victory Means for Europe

    Having won a third term as German chancellor, Angela Merkel has the chance to finally take a stand on Europe and strengthen the EU’s foreign, defense, and security policies.

    • Op-Ed

    Chancellor Merkel’s Double Vision

    • Jan Techau
    • September 19, 2013
    • International Herald Tribune

    Contrary to widely held beliefs, Angela Merkel’s positions are easy to identify. She has made three fundamental decisions that have defined the structure of her foreign policy.

    • Event

    NATO: Ready, Robust, Rebalanced

    NATO is under pressure to define its future role. To do so, the Alliance must find answers to questions about its capabilities, global outlook, and transatlantic solidarity.

    • Article

    Business as Usual for U.S.-German Relations

    Despite areas of potential friction between Berlin and Washington, the fruitful transatlantic relationship of the last seventy years looks set to continue after Germany’s election.

    • Article

    The Blind Spot in the German Election: The Eurozone

    Will the next German government finally assume the role of Europe’s political leader? Substantial change in Germany’s approach is unlikely—unless the euro crisis gets even worse.

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    Cornelius Adebahr
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    Carnegie Europe
    Adebahr is a nonresident fellow at Carnegie Europe. His research focuses on foreign and security policy, in particular regarding Iran and the Persian Gulf, on European and transatlantic affairs, and on citizens’ engagement.
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    Europe Program
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    Carnegie Europe
    Rosa Balfour is director of Carnegie Europe. Her fields of expertise include European politics, institutions, and foreign and security policy.
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    Europe Program
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    Strategic Europe
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    Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
    Rozlyn C. Engel is a nonresident scholar in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she focuses on global macroeconomic risks, U.S. economic policy (foreign and domestic), and questions facing the economic intelligence community.
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    Nuclear Policy Program
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    Middle East Program
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    Carnegie Europe
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    Europe Program
    Asia Program
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    Stefan Lehne
    Visiting Scholar
    Carnegie Europe
    Lehne is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on the post–Lisbon Treaty development of the European Union’s foreign policy, with a specific focus on relations between the EU and member states.
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    Carnegie Europe
    Ülgen is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on Turkish foreign policy, nuclear policy, cyberpolicy, and transatlantic relations.
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    Pierre Vimont
    Senior Fellow
    Carnegie Europe
    Vimont is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe. His research focuses on the European Neighborhood Policy, transatlantic relations, and French foreign policy.
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    Richard Youngs
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