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Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer
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is Senior Transatlantic Fellow and Director of the German Marshall Fund’s (GMF) Paris office. She also leads the GMF’s Transatlantic Security Task Force.
Refounding Europe

Eye on Europe

Both Germany and France will have to show flexibility in the fields they dominate.

Paper Tiger No More

Berlin Policy Journal September/October 2016

Some issues in Germany’s security white paper need clarification before the Franco-German couple works hand-in-glove on defense.

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Out Now: May/June 2020 Issue



+++ The coronavirus crisis has brought Europe and the rest of the world to a standstill. What are the effects of the pandemic on international affairs? The future of the EU depends on how it handles the crisis, argues Daniela Schwarzer. Much is riding on the German EU presidency. David Goodhart makes the case for a retreat from hyperglobalization, and Richard Sennett foresees big changes coming to our way of life; Efi Koutsokosta profiles Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis; Noah Gordon, in his Carbon Critical column, points out that solar, like oil, has its overcapacity problems; and much more +++

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