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Germany’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Annett Günther, speaks on different bilateral issues and areas of cooperation between the two countries

One of the biggest strategic questions for President Joe Biden – or Donald Trump if he wins in November – is whether to maintain the huge American presence in the Middle East or draw it down.

The U.S. has about 46,000 troops stationed in 11 countries across the Middle East, with all the accompanying hardware and support. Those forces are not available elsewhere, whether in Europe or East A...

What the debate about the US presence in the Middle East boils down to is opportunity cost. An American soldier standing guard at Tower 22 in the Jordanian desert cannot simultaneously watch over the NATO border in Estonia, the demilitarized zone on the Korean peninsula or Philippine shoals in the South China Sea. Captain America has a shield that’s big but not global. To keep holding it over Europe and East Asia, he must withdraw it from the Middle East

In the complex debate over the substantial US military presence in the Middle East, one strategic question persists...

The challenges in arranging the secret transfer of MiG-29 aircraft and the supply of other weapons to Ukraine are detailed by Zbigniew Parafianowicz in the book “Polska na Wojnie” (Poland at War), with excerpts published by NV.

As America grows apart from Europe, where does that leave Germany? An interview with E.U. M.P. Maximilian Krah may help answer that question.

All Hamas activities and the Islamist Samidoun Network are to be banned in Germany. Authorities are also targeting other organizations run by Hamas sympathizers.

This is the first installment of our new Sunday morning newsletter, YOUR SUNDAY J., written by our director of news product, David A.M. Wilensky.

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