For Germany’s CDU: It’s the Economy, Stupid! And It Needs to Be…
By Tyson Barker, Guest Contributor – Bertelsmann Foundation Summer 2009 The most recent GDP growth numbers for Germany for the second quarter of 2009 provide welcome news for the senior partner in the...
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By Ting Xu, Guest Contributor – Bertelsmann Foundation Summer, 2009 Economists and governmental officials have begun to announce the end of the global financial crisis as equity markets grab hold of...
View ArticleInterview with Hubert Vedrine
By Axel Krause, Contributing Editor Summer, 2009 Considering Europeans who might best respond to questions regarding President Barack Obama’s foreign policy and related issues, ranging from Afghanistan...
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A Letter to a Key Obama Advisor on Europe
By Axel Krause, Contributing Editor October 16, 2009 Earlier this week, France’s highly-respected daily Le Monde carried a front-page interview with Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary of State for...
View ArticlePoint / Counterpoint: Inaugural Post
transAtlantic Magazine is adding new features to our website and our first new addition is our POINT/COUNTERPOINT series which will look at various controversial foreign policy and domestic policy...
View ArticleThe New EU Duo
By Axel Krause, Contributing Editor November 23, 2009 Amid widespread surprise, consternation and some biting criticism, the leaders of the 27-nation European Union, meeting in behind-the scenes...
View ArticleAt SAIS: Afghanistan Ambassador Speaks Out On U.S. Troop Surge
“The surge of troops is needed to provide us with time and space to further build our own security forces,” stated the Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S. Said T. Jawad at my Center on Politics &...
View ArticleExplaining President Obama's Recent Snub to Europe
By Axel Krause, Contributing Editor February 12, 2010 On a cold Friday afternoon at the prestigious Ecole Militaire in Paris, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, told a large gathering of senior...
View ArticleRobert Guttman, Editor-in-Chief, Talks Shutdown Deal on CTV National News
Our Editor in Chief, Robert Guttman, was recently interviewed by Canada’s CTV National News program on America’s government shutdown, its potential debt default, and the politics all around. As you’ll...
View ArticleFidel Castro Ruz (1926-2016)
By James Baer November 29, 2016 Fidel Castro Ruz died on November 25 at the age of 90. He was one of the most notable figures in Latin America for his leadership of the revolution that toppled the...
View ArticleEven Trump Can’t Ruin TransAtlantic Ties
Kenji Hosokawa June 22, 2017 President of the European Council, Donald Tusk stated that “change in Washington puts the European Union in a difficult situation; with the new administration seeming to...
View ArticleTrump Meets With Putin at the Hamburg G20 Summit
Kenji Hosokawa July 7, 2017 The 2017 G20 (Group of Twenty) Summit held on July 7th and 8th in Hamburg, Germany is a significant international conference that attempts to resolve a number of global...
View ArticleRippling Effects of the German Political Stalemate
By Kenji Hosokawa Italy, December 21, 2017 The recent failure of Merkel’s CDU (Christian Democratic Union) to achieve a grand coalition between the Green party and the Free Democrats has resulted in a...
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