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Iraq Rift Launches New Era in German Foreign Policy The country's foreign policy is emerging from under the shadow of the Cold War The strong fabric binding Berlin and Washington is fraying as German foreign policy undergoes a rapid transformation. DW-WORLD talks to analysts about where it's headed next. With the German and British flags displayed neatly behind him, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder on Thursday uttered the words that he hopes will heal the rift that Iraq has opened within Europe and across the Atlantic. "No matter what the difference of opinions were before, it goes without saying that healthy transatlantic...

Michael Radu is Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and Co-Chairman of FPRI’s Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security. His most recent book is Dangerous Neighborhood: Contemporary Issues in Turkey’s Foreign Relations (Transaction Publishers, 2002). It has been said that during the 1930s the London Times proclaimed “Dense fog over English Channel. Continent isolated.” A similar and equally amusing claim is now being made with a strong French accent in Paris, Berlin, and Luxembourg. Indeed, in January eight countries, including five EU members (the UK, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Denmark) and three new NATO members (Poland, Hungary,...