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Constanze Stelzenmüller

Constanze Stelzenmüller writes commentary on global affairs for the Financial Times. An expert on German, European, and transatlantic foreign and security policy and strategy, she is currently the Fritz Stern Chair and a senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution.

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