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On Wednesday, Germany released its first comprehensive national security strategy. Here to tell us what’s in it and what it means is Sophia Besch. Sophia is a fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace where she focuses on European defense policy.
The U.S. has had to take on a really strong disciplinary role in organizing the European response.
There's definitely frustration among Germany's neighbors. Part of that is at the pace at which Berlin is making decisions.
On the inaugural episode of The Eurofile, Max and Donatienne sit down with Sophia Besch, Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to discuss Zeitenwende and all things German foreign and defense policy.
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