Center on the United States and Europe
Thomas Wright
Director - Center on the United States and Europe
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy
Fiona Hill
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe
Constanze Stelzenmüller
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe
Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and trans-Atlantic Relations
I do think it is fair to say that there is great concern in Europe, and in my own country [Germany], about the challenge to democracy in America. It’s becoming clear to everyone that Jan. 6 wasn’t just an isolated episode. It was part of something larger, more deeply rooted, and more pernicious.
I think the unfortunate side effect of American economic sanctions [against Nord Stream 2], in the context of the Trump administration, was to make Germans feel defensive and mulish. I think there was a sense of being hammered over the head by an American president using a double standard.
