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s says the Biden Administration "responded by calling on China to cease pressuring Taiwan and reaffirming its commitment to the democratic island." Merkel Rejects Biden's Call For Anti-China Coalition. Under the headline "Merkel Sides With Xi On Avoiding Cold War Blocs," Politico Euron (1/26, 15K) repo

lition. Under the headline "Merkel Sides With Xi On Avoiding Cold War Blocs," Politico Euron (1/26, 15K) reports that on Tuesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel "rejected calls for Europe to pick sides between the U.S. and China, in a nod to the plea made by Chinese President Xi Jinping a day earlier." Polit

ders Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. Representative to the United Nations with the rank and status of ambassador, and the U.S. Representative in the U.N. Security Council and the U.S. Representative to the sessions of the U.N. General Assembly during her tenure of service * Held in Rm G50, Dirksen Senate Office Buildi

procrastination—known universally as "kicking the can down the road"—Europe has reached the moment of truth. It's binary. Either German Chancellor Angela Merkel has to bow to the logic of her predecessor but one, Helmut Kohl, who always saw monetary union as a route to federalism, or it's EFTA_R1_02204146

th. It's binary. Either German Chancellor Angela Merkel has to bow to the logic of her predecessor but o

g imminent EFTA_R1_02204201 EFTA02720672 danger to the more than 35,000 Chinese nationals caught in civil war. The oscillating veto behavior in the U.N. Security Council reflects China's expanding economic engagement with the world and the effect of rising overseas Chinese migration to all corners of the globe, inc

prepared to pay for that? The problem is that the Europeans don't have convincing answers to those questions. SPIEGEL: What advice would you give Merkel and her counterparts? Should they tear the euro zone apart? Rogoff: No, certainly not. We are talking about bending not breaking, with one or more

in November 2010, for example, President Obama committed the U.S. for the very first time to support India's candidacy for permanent membership on the U.N. Security Council. Like many others who wish to see India become a close strategic partner of the U.S., I supported the president's announcement. Unfortunately, Ind

he Obama administration vetoes the application in the Security Council as expected, Palestinian officials are likely to

ready. SPIEGEL: The German government has also announced that it will not support the Palestinians’ plan. Elaraby: I heard what (German Chancellor) Angela Merkel said. She cited the Germans' unique responsibility to the Jews. But the Germans also have a responsibility to the Palestinians. SPIEGEL: The radical

Elaraby: I heard what (German Chancellor) Angela Merkel said. She cited the Germans' unique responsibilit

loyed. And German leaders are wrong if they think their country will remain unscathed as its major trading partners and neighbors unravel. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany has been talking a more pro- European line. But she is still insisting on growth-killing austerity as the price for European bailouts and

as the price for European bailouts and still blocking the European Central Bank from printing more euros and acting as a lender of last resort. Mrs. Merkel's advisers insist that she is doing what the German people want. That is not leadership. She needs to challenge her voters' simplistic stereotypes of

r negotiations, a position fiercely opposed by Israel. More recently, the administration has confirmed that it will veto Palestine's statehood bid in the U.N. Security Council. Obama's relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has seemed very strained at times. In a recently overheard conversation he told French P