“To exclude Russia is the wrong strategic signal” Chancellor Merkel said as she defended the Nord Stream 2 project at the recent Munich Security Conference. As I watched her from my vantage in Berlin, it dawned on me that the controversial project marks an inflection point for European security. For years the world has urged Germany to become “normalized.” Perhaps Berlin’s position on the pipeline is what this looks like.As a Romanian growing up between Germany and Romania, I have a kind of split-screen vision when it comes to Transatlantic security. I grew up between “deep” Southern Germany in Freiburg …read more
Source: The American Interest
