Merkel’s Complicated Legacy: Constanze Stelzenmüller for Opinion Has It

Constanze Stelzenmüller considers how the longtime German chancellor changed Germany, Europe, and the world. The PS Say More Newsletter | [View this message in a web browser]( In this week's newsletter, we present the newest episode of our podcast, Opinion Has It. Every other week in Opinion Has It, host Elmira Bayrasli is joined by a leading expert to examine a critical and timely issue. Merkel’s Complicated Legacy In this episode, Elmira talks with Constanze Stelzenmüller, who holds the Fritz Stern chair on Germany and trans-Atlantic Relations at the Brookings Institution, about how the longtime German chancellor changed Germany, Europe, and the world. Listen now on [PS]( [Apple]( [Google]( [Soundcloud]( or [Spotify](. [Merkel's Complicated Legacy]( As German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to step aside after 16 years in office, Germany, Europe, and the world are entering a new, more uncertain phase – one that will be significantly shaped by her legacy. But which one? This week on the podcast, [Constanze Stelzenmüller]( offers insights into what that legacy is, and what path Merkel's successor will chart for the future of Germany and Europe. [Listen now]( Opinion Has It is also available on your favorite listening app. Listen now on [Apple]( [Google]( [Soundcloud]( or [Spotify](. [PS. Take 50% off a new subscription with the code SUMMER2021]( In this episode... Elmira Bayrasli: I want to shift to the transatlantic relationship. While relations with the US suffered under Donald Trump, Joe Biden seems eager to get them back on track. But the world is changing very fast, and Merkel was among the first to say that Europe couldn’t count on the US like it had in the past. How will the transatlantic relationship be different in the future? Constanze Stelzenmüller: The Europeans are, with good reason, concerned that Trumpism in America isn’t over yet, that the Biden administration is under huge pressure at home, and that there is an ongoing day-to-day, hour-by-hour, minute-by-minute challenge to the authority and effectiveness of the Biden administration by a Republican part of the spectrum that seems increasingly illiberal and authoritarian in its tendencies. And so, there is some hedging against that, I think, in the thinking of Europeans. Now, as far as I’m personally concerned, I think that’s exactly the wrong conclusion to draw from this... [Read the transcript]( Listen now on [PS]( [Apple]( [Google]( [Soundcloud]( or [Spotify](. Previously in Opinion Has It [Is the US Ready for War?]( with [Michèle Flournoy]( a former US under secretary of defense for policy Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been the world’s only superpower – a status ensured by the country’s powerful military. But great-power competition is making a comeback, raising questions about US preparedness. Listen now on [PS]( [Apple]( [Google]( [Soundcloud]( or [Spotify](. Or [read the transcript](. [Check out the Opinion Has It archive]( Previously in Say More [Special Edition: Back to Health]( Former Rwandan Health Minister [Agnes Binagwaho]( and former Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Tom Frieden]( consider what it will take to prevent the next pandemic. And Nobel laureate economist [Angus Deaton]( and Vice President Social Impact of CEMEA at Visa [Carl Manlan]( analyze the economics of universal health coverage. All four contributors featured here will be discussing these topics and more at [Back to Health: Making Up for Lost Time]( a live virtual event that is taking place tomorrow, June 23, 2021. [Check out the Say More archive]( [PS Events: Back to Health]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.