berlin brief

Stephen Szabo, the executive director of the Transatlantic Academy, has just published an analysis in the Washington Quartely that I recommend reading: “Can Berlin and Washington agree on Russia?”

Szabo writes:

“Both Russia and Germany are back on the U.S. agenda. Russia will be a key element of a wide array of policies to the Obama administration, including dealing with Iran and the construction of a broader nonproliferation regime, energy security, nuclear arms reductions, and Afghanistan. Russia policy will also be central to U.S. designs for NATO, including how to deal with Georgia and Ukraine, and the viability of a pan-European security structure. (more…)