| ID | 134839 |
| Title Proper | Case for Berlin |
| Other Title Information | bringing Germany back to the west |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gedmin, Jeffrey |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | I recall a small, private Berlin dinner at which a senior official of the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder chastised me, the American guest, over Guantánamo. It showed an egregious disregard for international law among other things, the cabinet minister advised me. During the course of the evening, that same official also volunteered that, were the Guantánamo detainees on German soil, the Federal Republic would not know exactly what to do with them. This reminds me of the undiplomatic remark of a Berlin-based British diplomat from around the same time who quipped to me: “When Germans face a dilemma, they stare it in the face—then proceed to walk away, leaving the hardest choices for others. |
| `In' analytical Note | World Affairs US Vol.177, No.4; Nov-Dec.2014: p.8-16 |
| Journal Source | World Affairs US 2014-12 177, 4 |
| Standard Number | Geopolitics |