On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his German counterpart Steinmeier did their best to sound optimistic. Germany, Europe’s reluctant hegemon, is trying its best to lead in the face of multiple overlapping crises, but no one is following.That was a central message from this year’s Munich Security Conference, an annual event where leaders and diplomats from Europe, the Middle East and the United States gather to debate the world’s problems.It ended on Sunday on a far gloomier note than it started — with doubts being cast over a fledgling truce plan for Syria, with Russia defiant and …read more
Source: Pulse Nigeria
