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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pictured during the meeting with Li Keqiang (not pictured), Prime Minister of China, on July 09, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Florian Gaertner/Getty Images)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pictured during the meeting with Li Keqiang (not pictured), Prime Minister of China, on July 09, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Florian Gaertner/Getty Images)
French President Emmanuel Macron (C) gestures next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) following their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on March 26, 2019. (LUDOVIC MARIN/Getty Images)
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French President Emmanuel Macron (C) gestures next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) following their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on March 26, 2019. (LUDOVIC MARIN/Getty Images)
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Jonas Parello-Plesner
Executive Director, Alliance of Democracies Foundation
Jonas Parello-Plesner
7 Min Read
China's President Xi Jinping attends a Business Forum with Italian and Chinese businessmen at Quirinale Palace on March 22, 2019 in Rome, Italy. (Alessandra Benedetti - Corbis/Getty Images)
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China's President Xi Jinping attends a Business Forum with Italian and Chinese businessmen at Quirinale Palace on March 22, 2019 in Rome, Italy. (Alessandra Benedetti - Corbis/Getty Images)
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) talk to each other prior to pose for a family photo on March 22, 2019 in Brussels at the end of an EU summit focused on Brexit. (LUDOVIC MARIN/Getty Images)
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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) talk to each other prior to pose for a family photo on March 22, 2019 in Brussels at the end of an EU summit focused on Brexit. (LUDOVIC MARIN/Getty Images)
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walter_russell_mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
1 Min Read
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the media at the conclusion of a two-day EU summit on March 22, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the media at the conclusion of a two-day EU summit on March 22, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Ben Judah
Former Research Fellow
Ben Judah
1 Min Read
Germanys Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a bilateral meeting, on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on December 01, 2018. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Germanys Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a bilateral meeting, on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on December 01, 2018. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
4 Min Read
An armed gendarme stands guard at Strasbourg's Christmas market, on its reopening day, on December 14, 2018, one day after French police shot dead the gunman who killed three people there. (PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP/Getty Images)
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An armed gendarme stands guard at Strasbourg's Christmas market, on its reopening day, on December 14, 2018, one day after French police shot dead the gunman who killed three people there. (PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP/Getty Images)
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Robin Simcox
Terrorism and National Security Analyst, The Heritage Foundation
Robin Simcox
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US President Donald Trump meets with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 20, 2019. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump meets with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 20, 2019. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
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Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
6 Min Read
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