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12. The 2021 Federal Election and U.S./German Relations: On Wenden and Zeitenwenden

verfasst von : Eric Langenbacher, Jeffrey Rathke

Erschienen in: The 2021 German Federal Election

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Despite the overall positive German-American relationship over the post-war decades, periodic tensions have arisen, most recently during the Trump administration. The change in government to the Biden administration in the United States and to the SPD-led Traffic-Light coalition in 2021 augured well for a new era of comity. Vladimir Putin’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, however, has prompted a fundamental shift in German foreign policy with unclear implications for the bilateral Germany-U.S. and broader Transatlantic relationships.

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Titel: The 2021 Federal Election and U.S./German Relations: On Wenden and Zeitenwenden
verfasst von: Eric Langenbacher
Jeffrey Rathke
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: The 2021 German Federal Election
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-38929-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-38930-6

Copyright-Jahr: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38930-6_12