Don’t expect much to change in 2014.
Chase Gummer
Chase Gummer is a writer and journalist based in Berlin.
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Super Sad Spy Story
How the NSA’s surveillance state could define Obama’s presidency
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Angela Merkel’s Boring Brilliance
Forget Hillary Clinton, the recently re-elected German chancellor is the most powerful female politician of her generation.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Transatlantic Trouble
How much has America’s spying on European allies damaged the transatlantic trade deal once thought to be one of Obama’s best opportunities for shaping his foreign policy legacy?
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Turkish Delight No More
The protests against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan mark a turning point in the country’s democracy but find their roots in a complicated Cold War and Ottoman past.
Posted inAmerica and the World
A German Tea Party?
What the popular rise of a new anti-euro political party says about fraying nerves in Europe’s economic powerhouse.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Euro Crisis Redux
Think sequestration is bad? Things could be turning disastrous in Europe.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Why Istanbul Matters
Ankara may be the capital, but as its diplomatic power grows, Turkey’s first city remains the jewel of the Bosporus.