On more than one occasion in recent years, a German politician has indicated that Germany must find its way between the United States, China, and Russia, suggesting a kind of soft equivalence between the three. But developing policies that reflect that position is going to be increasingly difficult to do.The U.S. Congress, for instance, has just passed (and the President will likely sign into law) the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020. Included in the act is a measure (Sec. 7501, “Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019”) that would allow the U.S. Government to sanction companies and their executives …read more
Source:: The American Interest
