, Columnist
Germany Is a Flashpoint in the U.S.-China Cold War
Merkel’s policy of “equidistance” between the U.S. and China threatens to fracture the alliance of democracies.
Tilting the playing field?
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Second in a five-part series on countries at the center of the U.S.-China rivalry. Read part one here, part three here, part four here and part five here.
As goes Germany, so goes Europe — and that’s a real challenge for the U.S. During the Cold War, West Germany was America’s crucial European ally. Today, Berlin leads a European bloc that could cast a geopolitical swing vote in the U.S.-China rivalry.