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President Joe Biden’s favorite tag line—“America is back”—featured prominently in his video address to the Munich Security Conference last week. It is a welcome message in Europe after Donald Trump’s presidency, but Biden is returning to a trans-Atlantic alliance marked by new uncertainty and division.
April 2, 2021 last updated 16:22 ET French President Emmanuel Macron, right, attends a videoconference meeting as U.S. President Joe Biden appears on a screen, Paris, Feb. 19, 2021 (pool photo by Benoit Tessier via AP Images). America Comes and Goes. Trans-Atlantic Tensions Are Forever “First thing I’m going to have to do, and I’m not joking,” candidate Joe Biden said last September in a campaign interview about America’s European allies. “If elected I’m going to … get on the phone with the heads of state and say America’s back, you can count ...
April 12, 2021 last updated 14:32 ET German Chancellor Angela Merkel and then-Vice President Joe Biden at the chancellery in Berlin, Feb. 1, 2013 (AP photo by Markus Schreiber). How Germany Can Work With Biden to Rebuild Trans-Atlantic Ties Joe Biden’s election as U.S. president was greeted with deep relief in Berlin, as it was in most other European capitals. After Donald Trump’s presidency—which was characterized by animosity toward Germany and repeated attempts to sow division among European countries—German policymakers hope that some immediate sourc...