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It’s Business, Not Personal
Foreign Policy June 26, 2009 | Mail a friend | |
Chancellor Merkel’s first trip to Washington after President Obama’s inauguration more than five months ago comes at a time of growing transatlantic tension.
Apparently, the tension is not just based on policy disagreements, like Washington complains about Germany’s lack of support for the global stimulus, for the closing of Guantanamo and the for the war in Afghanistan. Rather both US and German journalists describe a strained personal relationship between the two leaders.
How severe is that lack of chemistry? Does it affect German-American cooperation or will the two leaders’ pragmatic style of governance be more decisive and lead to improved collabortion? Join the debate on Atlantic Community.
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