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Leaving the West Behind

Germany Looks East

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Leaving the West Behind

By: Hans Kundnani
Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
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The Ukraine crisis has reopened old questions about Germany's relationship to the rest of the West, as Germany drifts away from the United States and gravitates toward Russia and China.

©2015 Foreign Affairs (P)2015 Audible, Inc.
Political Science Politics & Government United States World East Germany
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a short sparse recent history of Germany in relation to the EU, the North-Atlantic Alliance and Russia. it felt a bit off, and too alarmist, i didn’t really like it.

a bit alarmist

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