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etween the more Keynesian growth-oriented policies of the center-left and the austerity orientation of the center-right led by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel. Romney's laissez-faire approach to economic challenges may put him well to the right even of Merkel, and officials in Berlin and other European ca

enter-right led by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel. Romney's laissez-faire approach to economic challenges may put him well to the right even of Merkel, and officials in Berlin and other European capitals see the Republican as an unknown quantity, whose policy choices are far from clear. His hawkis

of the U.S. economy are in trouble, and you need to find a scapegoat, and China happens to be the one," Chinese analyst Jia Qingguo recently told the Council on Foreign Relations. "But if the past experience serves as a guide, a new President will not significantly change the U.S. policy toward China because the relationship

reassure Greeks the worst is over," he said. 'Path Will Be Neither Short Nor Easy' EU leaders reacted to the result with relief. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office said she had congratulated Samaras by telephone on Sunday night and said that Merkel assumes Greece "will keep to its European commitments

d to the result with relief. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office said she had congratulated Samaras by telephone on Sunday night and said that Merkel assumes Greece "will keep to its European commitments." German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble called the result "a decision by Greek voters to

th candidates have to pretend that the U.S. presidency is far more influential over events than it really is," said Stephen D. Biddle, a scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations. The obvious example is the European economic situation, which has profound implications for the American economy but is largely out of American ha

ut with Russia is reflected in twice-yearly EU-Russia summits and numerous bilateral meetings, such as Putin's last June in Germany with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Europe's keen interest in human and political rights in Russia would strengthen dialogue on these issues. It will not be easy to bolster relations

in's last June in Germany with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Europe's keen interest in human and political r

away just because you don't want to deal with them anymore. Walter Russell Mead is the Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and one of the country's leading students of American foreign policy. The Economist Indian foreign affairs EFTA00675627 Oct 26th 2013 --

David Ignatius June 10 -- There was some head-scratching in Washington last week at the presentation of the Medal of Freedom to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The previous foreign recipients included Pope John Paul II, who championed the freedom of Eastern Europe; Nelson Mandela, who triumphed over apart

championed the freedom of Eastern Europe; Nelson Mandela, who triumphed over apartheid in South Africa; and Helmut Kohl, who reunited Germany. Did Merkel, for all her good qualities, really fit in that group? "Why roll out the red carpet and present this honor to someone who has been a reluctant part

e American Foreign Policy (HarperCollins 2009), a book that shows how to think about and use power in the 21st century. He is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. EFTA_R1_02029359 EFTA02689734

Union really does act as one. Otherwise, they prefer to deal with individual nations, as this week's reception in Beijing for Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, made clear. The remedy lies in Europe's own hands. Were it to move beyond the resolution of the euro zone crisis into a closer fiscal and politica

t large. At best, Europe could become not just another giant; it could offer the example of a new kind of cooperative multinational giant. When Ms. Merkel's 19th-century predecessor Otto von Bismarck was shown a map of Africa by an eager German colonialist, the Iron Chancellor, dismissing the strategi

k up loudly when the Brothers do illiberal things. Steven A. Cook - Steven A. Cook is Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square. He blogs at From the Potomac to the Euphrates. Asharq Al-Awsat Gaza tunnel tra