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Trump Mounts Last-Minute Attempt to Starve Funding for Foreign Aid, Global Vaccine Efforts

But congressional sources say it’s highly unlikely lawmakers will cut billions of dollars of already appropriated funding.

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The End of Swiss Neutrality

The country is campaigning for a seat on the U.N. Security Council, but taking on that role will clash with some fundamental tenets of Swiss foreign policy.

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Stéphanie Fillion

Far-Right Extremism Is a Global Problem

And it is time to treat it like one.

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Argument: What Merkel Really Thinks About China—and the World What Merkel Really Thinks About China—and ...

Noah Barkin

Noah Barkin is a managing editor at the Rhodium Group and senior visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Stories by Noah Barkin

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, along with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council Charles Michel, who were both tuning in via video link from Brussels, during a video linked meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the coronavirus pandemic on September 14, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.

What Merkel Really Thinks About China—and the World

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December 31, 2020, 2:46 AM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the first session of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017.

In the Post-Pandemic Cold War, America Is Losing Europe

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May 19, 2020, 10:34 AM

German Chancellor and leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel chats with her colleague Armin Laschet, governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, at a meeting of the CDU leadership on Nov. 27, 2017 in Berlin, Germany.

You May Miss Merkel More Than You Think

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March 9, 2020, 8:14 AM

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 15.

The U.S. and Europe Are Speaking a Different Language on China

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February 16, 2020, 5:28 PM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping speak to the press in Berlin on July 5, 2017.

Europe’s Backlash Against Huawei Has Arrived

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November 27, 2019, 1:21 PM

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