Judy Asks: Is German Strength an Illusion?

A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey each week on a European topic in the news.

In this feature the question is: Is German Strength an Illusion?

The experts this week were:
+ Noah BarkinSpecial correspondent for Europe at Reuters
+ Sophia BeschResearch fellow at the Centre for European Reform
+ Federiga BindiSenior fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and director of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research
+ István Gyarmati - President of the International Centre for Democratic Transition
+ Josef Janning - Head of the Berlin office and senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations
+ Bruno Maçães - Nonresident associate at Carnegie Europe
Ulrich SpeckIndependent foreign policy analyst
Stephen Szabo - Executive director of the Transatlantic Academy
+ Antonio Villafranca - Research coordinator and head of the European Program at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies
+ Stefani Weiss - Director of the Brussels office of the Bertelsmann Stiftung

ESO: Background information: Steinmeier’s Tragic Dance Around the Issues http://www.europeansources.info/record/steinmeiers-tragic-dance-around-the-issues/

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