The Schuman Plan at 75 and the EU’s Global Role
On May 9, the European Union marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Schuman Plan, the project to create a European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) among six countries that was …
The American Revolution and Transatlantic Relations
History reminds that there is risk in forcing your vassals to become militarily self-sufficient. A people enjoying the protection of an offshore great power bristles at being asked to pay …
Forty Years After Forty Years After
Reflections on the Eightieth Anniversary of the End of World War II The 8 of May, 2025, is the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. …
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Assessing the Zeitenwende
Implications for Germany, the United States, and Transatlantic Security The Zeitenwende marks a major turning point in German security policy. Fundamental shifts in Germany’s energy-security strategy, policies on security cooperation, conventional …
Smoot-Hawley, McKinley, or a Brave New Trading World?
Historical Analogy and the Future of U.S. Trade Policy under Trump Trump and trade history MAGA is coming back to the White House—but the 2024 vintage of “Make America Great …
Transatlantic Cooperation in the Chip War
Enhancing U.S.-German Policy Coordination on Re-shoring Semiconductor Manufacturing Semiconductor chips have become the basic component of the digital transformation. From smartphones, computers, and cars to jets and drones, nearly every …
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