AICGS Commentary Archive - Page Five

2005 and Earlier

..................................................................................................................... Nein, nein, Herr Müntefering und Genossen! By Stefan Baron ..................................................................................................................... Where Müntefering is Right By Michael Naumann ..................................................................................................................... Capitalism? Nein! By Stefan Theil ..................................................................................................................... Germany: Still Europe's Powerhouse By Robert Gerald Livingston ..................................................................................................................... France's EU Referendum By Sebastian Gerlach ..................................................................................................................... More of the Same? Bush's Foreign Policy By Heinrich Kreft ..................................................................................................................... Charm and Legacies By Elizabeth Pond ..................................................................................................................... The German Minimum Wage Proposal: Who Ordered That? By Stephen J. Silvia .................................................................................................................... The German Seat on the UN Security Council: A Tough Call By John Van Oudenaren .................................................................................................................... Another Accident Waiting to Happen By Christoph Nesshoever .................................................................................................................... Germany and the IMF By John Starrels .................................................................................................................... Meeting the Demographic Challenge By Volker Clausen .................................................................................................................... Tipping the Balance: Religious Rhetoric and the U.S.-German Dialogue By Kathleen Dow Magnus ...................................................................................................................... Fear and Loathing By Stefan Theil ...................................................................................................................... Missile Defense Across the Atlantic By Alexandra Homolar-Riechmann ..................................................................................................................... The Future of NATO: Military Toolbox or Strategic Actor? By Christian Tuschhoff .................................................................................................................... Transatlantic Hot Air - Kyoto Becomes Binding By Frank E. Loy .................................................................................................................... The EU-Israel Dimension of the Middle East Peace Process: The Importance of Germany By Lily Gardner Feldman .................................................................................................................... Meeting in Mainz Transcript of Dr. Jackson Janes on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, PBS NewsHour online ................................................................................................................... The Charm Offensive By James Kitfield ................................................................................................................... American Needs Meet German Ambitions By Gunther Hellmann ................................................................................................................... Mission Possible? Can U.S.-Based German Political Foundations Bridge the Transatlantic Divide? by Nicole Renvert | German | English | ................................................................................................................... Wahltag, Zahltag / Election Day, Payday by Stefan Kornelius | German | English | .................................................................................................................... Rebuilding the Transatlantic Security Community By Michael Rühle ................................................................................................................... Grenzen berschreiten/ Crossing Borders By Alexandra Homolar-Riechmann | German | English | ................................................................................................................... A New Wind Out of Washington By Frederick Kempe ................................................................................................................... An Economic Agenda for Berlin and Washington By John Starrels ................................................................................................................... Que reste-il de notre amour? A Hard Time for Europe Without Leadership By Tjark Egenhoff .................................................................................................................. At the Threshold of Historic Change By John C. Kornblum .................................................................................................................. Fifteenth Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall By J.D. Bindenagel .................................................................................................................. Dr. Condoleezza Rice's Rediscovery of Germany By Walter Andrusyszyn .................................................................................................................. Rückblick 2004 By Dieter Roth .................................................................................................................. The German Economy: Back to Full Strength? By Eckhard Wurzel .................................................................................................................. East Germany Versus Bushland / Ostdeutschland gegen Bushland By Johann Legner | English | German | ................................................................................................................. Thorn in the Side / Stachel im Fleisch By Stefan Baron | English | German | .................................................................................................................. United by Fear and Hope / Durch Angst und Hoffnung Vereinigt By John C. Kornblum | English | German | ................................................................................................................... The New Bush / Der neue Bush By Stefan Kornelius | English | German | ................................................................................................................... The Disliked Winner / Der ungeliebte Sieger By Josef Joffe | English | German | .................................................................................................................... Präsident Bush mit neuem Mandat, Amerika vereint im Streit By Dr. Klaus Günter Deutsch .................................................................................................................... Bush wird uns nicht einen Interview with Dr.Cathleen Fisher ................................................................................................................... Iraq and the End of the Atlantic Bargain By Marco Overhaus ................................................................................................................... Model or Deterrence? Lessons from the United States presidential election / Modell oder Abschreckung? Lehren aus den US-Präsidentschaftswahlen By Karl-Rudolf Korte | English | German | ................................................................................................................... The Middle East as Fulcrum for the Transatlantic Relationship: Bush, Kerry, and German Views on a Critical Region By Lily Gardner Feldman .................................................................................................................. Why the Germans Favor Kerry By Prof. Jeffrey M. Peck ................................................................................................................. Die Luftbrücke trägt nicht mehr By Dr. Michael Rühle .................................................................................................................. From Crisis to Long-lasting Stability? Assessing the Past & Future of Economic Reform in Turkey By Dr. Markus Jaeger .................................................................................................................. Election 2004: In The Eyes of the Beholders By Nicole Renvert .................................................................................................................. Whither Turkey's EU Accession? Perspectives and Problems After December 2004 By Heinz Kramer ................................................................................................................. American Perspectives on Turkey and Turkish-EU Relations By F. Stephen Larrabee .................................................................................................................. It Truly is a Long and Winding Road: The Saga of EU-Turkey Relations By Soli Oezel ................................................................................................................... A Nation Torn Apart By The Honorable John C. Kornblum .................................................................................................................... The Earned Income Tax Credit: A Model for Germany? By Waltraut Peter .................................................................................................................... Sozialprotest und neue Koalitionen im Hartz-Parteiensystem By Karl-Rudolf Korte ..................................................................................................................... Transforming Taboos? Changing Perceptions of National Pride in Germany By Cynthia Miller-Idriss .................................................................................................................... The American Election Campaign in Germany By Patricia Greve | English | German | ..................................................................................................................... Is there anything to learn from the Earned Income Tax Credit for Germany? By Waltraut Peter .................................................................................................................... Germano-pessimism: Just How Troubled Is Germany's Economic Future? By Holger Wolf .................................................................................................................... The Importance of Turkey in the Context of the EU-U.S. Partnership for the Region of the Broader Middle East By Sebastian Gerlach .................................................................................................................... The Perfect Storm and After: Retrospect and Prospect for American-German Relations By Jeffrey Herf .................................................................................................................... The DaimlerChrysler Labor Deal: Breakthrough or Firebreak? By Stephen Silvia .................................................................................................................... The Continuing Importance of the Value Gaps in German-American Relations By Klaus Larres ..................................................................................................................... Franco-German Relations in the EU-25: Five Determinants of Good Leadership By Dr. Wolfram Vogel ..................................................................................................................... National Interest and Environmental Politics: The United States and Europe By Marcus Schaper .................................................................................................................... The Many Minds on American Multilateralism, and The Management of Transatlantic Relations By Crister S. Garrett ..................................................................................................................... Can Germany Hold its Own in the New World of a Reconfigured Europe, an Ascendant China, and 21st Century America? Is German Economic Decline Exaggerated? Or Inevitable? Excerpts from the Remarks of Ambassador Richard W. Fisher to the Atlantik-Brücke Annual Meeting June 9, 2004 .................................................................................................................... The U.S.-German Economic Relationship: A Solid Anchor for Transatlantic Relations By Dorothee Heisenberg .................................................................................................................... Deutschland-USA: Religion und Politik in einer sich verändernden Partnerschaft By Karsten D. Voigt ..................................................................................................................... A New Trans-Atlantic Perspective for the Middle East By Frederick Kempe ..................................................................................................................... Justice and the American Way of War By Adrian Hyde-Price ..................................................................................................................... Unilateralism, Value Conflict, and Transatlantic Tensions By Thomas Banchoff ...................................................................................................................... Aussenpolitik durch Unternehmen? Die ökonomisierung der internationalen Politik By Michael J. Inacker ...................................................................................................................... What George W. Bush Could Learn From Reagan By Frederick S. Kempe ...................................................................................................................... "Deutschland soll Land der Ideen werden" A speech given by Bundespräsident Horst Köhler ...................................................................................................................... Germany - A Country of Immigration After All? By Stefan Theil ...................................................................................................................... The Role of Business in Conflict Prevention, Peacekeeping and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Statement by Dr. Heinrich v. Pierer, President and CEO, Siemens AG, at the Security Council of the United Nations, New York, April 5, 2004 ...................................................................................................................... Germany's "Special Relationship" with Israel Continues, Despite Appearances to the Contrary By Lily Gardner Feldman ...................................................................................................................... Europe's Historic Hour By Josef Janning ....................................................................................................................... Intellektuelle Debatte: Europa/United States By Claus Leggewie ........................................................................................................................ The German Economy and EU Eastern Enlargement By Prof. Dr. Paul J.J. Welfens ........................................................................................................................ The United States and Europe: Can a Greater Middle East Vision Bridge the Transatlantic Divide? Selections from Ambassador J.D. Bindenagel's Speech in the University of Illinois' Ambassador Series on March 17, 2004. ...................................................................................................................... At the Very Beginning / Ganz am Anfang By Stefan Baron | English | German | ....................................................................................................................... Why the Iraq War Was Right By Peter Ross Range ...................................................................................................................... A New Role For Germany on the UN Security Council By Prof. Volker Rittberger ..................................................................................................................... A Breath of Fresh Air By Stefan Theil ...................................................................................................................... German Courts Acquit Terrorist Suspects; Judges Blame U.S. By William Karl Wilburn .................................................................................................................... Germany's Top Salesman By Robert Gerald Livingston .............................................................................................................. Election Analysis 2004 - Hamburg: The People of Hamburg Voted Dramatically By Karl-Rudolf Korte .............................................................................................................. Wahlanalyse 2004: Die Hamburger wählten sensationell By Karl-Rudolf Korte .............................................................................................................. Europe Runs Aground By Norbert Walter .............................................................................................................. Multilateralism: Behind European Views By Dr. Joachim Krause .............................................................................................................. Looking For A Vision By William Drozdiak .............................................................................................................. Wer mit wem? Mögliche Hamburger Koalitionen nach der Wahl By Prof.Dr. Karl-Rudolf Korte .............................................................................................................. Important "Fights" Over Nato's Future Are Still Ahead of Us By Detlef Puhl .............................................................................................................. Fischer, Rumsfeld Find Common Ground in Munich By Frederick S. Kempe .............................................................................................................. Die Vernunftsähe - Europa und Amerika entdeckenim Irak wieder ihre gemeinsamen Interessen By Dr. Josef Joffe .............................................................................................................. America and Europe in the Second Nuclear Age By Michael Rühle .............................................................................................................. Too Important to Fail: Vital Issues on the Transatlantic Agenda By Nora Bensahel .............................................................................................................. The Changing Transatlantic Agenda: A Lesson from the Economic Relationship By Frances G. Burwell .............................................................................................................. Return of the German Problem By Stephen F. Szabo .............................................................................................................. Europe and the USA: Overcoming Mutual Misperceptions By Dr. Michael Haltzel .............................................................................................................. Tolerating Intolerance Germany debates the headscarf and finds it... un-German By Stefan Theil .............................................................................................................. Neoconservative Ideas and Foreign Policy in the Administration of George W. Bush: A German View By Patricia Greve | English | German | .............................................................................................................. Europe Gets Real: The New Security Strategy Shows the EU's Geopolitical Maturity By Peter van Ham .............................................................................................................. Does Iraq 2004 Resemble Germany 1946? By Robert Gerald Livingston .............................................................................................................. Fanatically Secular, France Places Scarves Under Siege By Zachary Shore .............................................................................................................. Could a New Multilateralism Reinvigorate NATO? The German-American Dance Around Iraq By Sarah Means Lohmann .............................................................................................................. The EU Balancing Act By The Honorable John C. Kornblum .............................................................................................................. After the Fraternal Wars: Disenchantment as a Creative Opportunity for Bush and Schröder By Dr. Josef Joffe .............................................................................................................. The Fragmenting of the American Consensus on Europe By Ronald Asmus .............................................................................................................. Have Mouse and Remote Control, Won't Travel By Richard Whittle .............................................................................................................. Chipping Away at the Model By Dr. Michael Fichter .............................................................................................................. You Are Making It Difficult, Mr. Hohmann. Some Very Personal Thoughts on Anti-Semitism By Prof. Jeffrey Peck .............................................................................................................. Approaching the Middle East with Homilies / Mit der Moralkeule nach Nahost By Stefan Kornelius | English | German | .............................................................................................................. Tervuren - A Tempest in a Teapot By Dr. Franz-Josef Meiers .............................................................................................................. Der Vorhang fällt und viele Fragen offen? Europa auf dem Weg zu seiner eigenen Sicherheitsstrategie By Arne Schröer .............................................................................................................. Agenda 2010 - A Giant Leap for German Politics - But One Small Step for the German Economy By Ulrich Schröder and Norbert Walter .............................................................................................................. Pitfalls in EMU-enlargement By Helmut Wagner .............................................................................................................. Chancellor Schröder and President Bush: Making Choices By Jackson Janes .............................................................................................................. Forgive and Forget? Transatlantic Relations After Iraq By Malte Lehming | English | German | .............................................................................................................. What Germany Needs Now is a Strategy By Jackson Janes .............................................................................................................. Germany Is Willing To Train Iraqi Forces By Frederick Kempe and Marc Champion .............................................................................................................. Germany's Liberation From France By Frederick Kempe .............................................................................................................. Storming Out - The Collapse of the Cancun Trade Talks By Andrea Lynn .............................................................................................................. The Transatlantic Relationship in the Era of American Primacy By Ambassador J.D. Bindenagel .............................................................................................................. Alles blieb, wie es war By Robert von Rimscha .............................................................................................................. Krise oder Kooperation? Das transatlantische Verhältnis im Umbruch By Karsten D. Voigt .............................................................................................................. The Balkans as a Model By Karl Kaiser .............................................................................................................. Patching Up German-American Relations By Robert Gerald Livingston .............................................................................................................. Regional Conficts and Transatlantic Relations By Joachim Krause .............................................................................................................. Demokratie als Waffe Präemption und das neue Abschreckungskonzept der USA By Benjamin Schreer und Thomas Rid .............................................................................................................. On the Connection Between Memory and Democracy: The German Case and Beyond By Dr. Eric Langenbacher .............................................................................................................. The Evolution of Memories in Germany Today By Dr. Eric Langenbacher .............................................................................................................. Gulliver Unbound: Can America Rule the World? By Josef Joffe .............................................................................................................. "Deutschland ist weniger wichtig geworden" By Robert Gerald Livingston .............................................................................................................. Testimony of Donald P. Kommers Before a U.S. Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Constitutionalism, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law in Iraq .............................................................................................................. The IG Metall is Dead! Long Live the IG Metall! By Dr. Michael Fichter .............................................................................................................. European Observer: Europe's Middle East Side Story By Fred S. Kempe .............................................................................................................. The War on Terror: Why not NATO? By Stefan Brechtel .............................................................................................................. Reinventing Transatlantic Relations By Eberhard Sandschneider .............................................................................................................. The Beginnings of an Israeli-European Rapprochement By Greg Caplan .............................................................................................................. A Challenge for Western Cooperation By The Honorable John C. Kornblum .............................................................................................................. Ready or Not, Here it Comes! EU Enlargement-The View from Hungary By Ilonka Oszvald .............................................................................................................. The Last Gasps of "Model Germany" By Jan Martin Witte .............................................................................................................. The Solana Security Paper By John Van Oudenaren .............................................................................................................. Steiniger Weg: Ein Fahrplan für verbesserte deutsch-amerikanische Beziehungen By Robert Gerald Livingston .............................................................................................................. Looking for the Raison D'tre: Franco-German Relations Need a New Start By Martin Koopmann ............................................................................................................. Transforming German Defense: The New Defense Policy Guidelines By Stephen F. Szabo .............................................................................................................. The Berlin-Moscow "Coalition of the Unwilling" By Angela Stent .............................................................................................................. The Chancellor and the Wellsprings of Power / Der Kanzler und die Quellen der Macht By Prof. Dr. Dr. Karl-Rudolf Korte | English | German | .............................................................................................................. Germany: The Case for Reform By Eckhard Wurzel .............................................................................................................. How Turkey Can Become a True Model for the Region By Cem Oezdemir | English | German | .............................................................................................................. The United States and the Franco-German Couple By Cornelia Woll .............................................................................................................. On Mars, Venus, and Czech Mates From the "New" Europe: Some Czech Thoughts About the Current Transatlantic Relationship By Pavel Cernoch .............................................................................................................. Turkey, the U.S. and Europe - A Troubled Triangle By Dr. Ian O. Lesser .............................................................................................................. The International Dimension of the Euro By Prof. Dr. Norbert Walter .............................................................................................................. The Real Meaning of War in Iraq By Stefan Baron .............................................................................................................. Are Israelis from Mars and Germans from Venus? By Dr. Greg Caplan .............................................................................................................. Germany and the US - What's Next? Repair the Damage? By Detlef Puhl .............................................................................................................. The Next Steps in Reform - Chancellor Schröder's Speech in Perspective By Klaus G. Deutsch .............................................................................................................. Common Threats - Diverging Responses By Frauke N. Bielka and Christian Tuschhoff .............................................................................................................. German Unity -12 Years On By Prof. Dr. Norbert Walter .............................................................................................................. A Rare Opportunity for the German Opposition By Robert Gerald Livingston .............................................................................................................. The Era of Peace Demonstrations - A Story From the Old America By The Honorable John C. Kornblum .............................................................................................................. Round 1 Goes to Mr. Big By Josef Joffe .............................................................................................................. When Reason Breaks Down, Emotions Take Over By Dr. Christian Tuschhoff .............................................................................................................. Germany, France, America and the Iraqi conflict: Gerhard in Big Trouble, Jacques in Great Shape, and George W.'s Interest in a United Europe By Christoph Nesshoever .............................................................................................................. The Mood in Germany - Germans Facing 2003 By Susanne Dieper .............................................................................................................. Reinvention After Unification - Germany's Decade of Economic Reform has Already Begun By Klaus G. Deutsch .............................................................................................................. The "New Anti-Semitism" in Germany, 2002 By Prof. Jeffrey M. Peck .............................................................................................................. Foreign Policy of the Schröder/Fischer Administration: Interim Balance and Prospects By Prof. Dr. Christian Hack .............................................................................................................. Coming of Age By Klaus Friedrich .............................................................................................................. Culture and Politics: Thoughts on the "Foreign" By Prof. Jeffrey M. Peck .............................................................................................................. Beyond Rain Dances? The 2002 German Public Sector Pay Round By Prof. Stephen Silvia .............................................................................................................. Americans and German Museums By Dr. Keith Allen .............................................................................................................. Germany and the United States United on Terrorism, Miles Apart on War with Iraq Statement by U.S. Member of Congress and German Ambassador to U.S. .............................................................................................................. Power and Hubris By Stephen F. Szabo .............................................................................................................. Ruin or Rollback: Campaign Strategies for September 22 By Stefan Baron .............................................................................................................. New Ground Rules for a Post 9/11 World? By Prof. Dr. Alfred Büllesbach .............................................................................................................. The Road from Crawford: The Implications of the US.-Russian Summit for European Security By Esther Brimmer .............................................................................................................. Terms of Endearment By Robert Gerald Livingston .............................................................................................................. Elections Research Group in Mannheim By Dr. Dieter Roth .............................................................................................................. Berlin im Krieg By Torsten Wöhlert ..............................................................................................................

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