Transatlantic Power Failures: America and Europe Seven Years After 9/11

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TransatlanticPower Failures

America and Europe, seven years after 9/11:Hard power humbled, soft power exposed,and a looser, more pragmatic relationship

Constanze Stelzenmller

Director, Berlin Office

The German Marshall Fund of the United States


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America and Europe, seven years after 9/11: Hard power humbled,

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