"Germany's strategic interest is to bind Russia into an energy alliance with the EU," says Alexander Rahr, an analyst at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).

德国外事理事会(DGAP) .分析师亚历山大·拉尔表示：“德国的战略利益在于同俄罗斯合作，与欧盟共同组成能源联盟。”

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Europe's tilt toward austerity is driven by the current financial crisis, says political analyst Cornelius Adebahr, of the German Council on Foreign Relations.

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"He's pragmatic, prepared to compromise, accepts budget discipline and he'll be under enormous pressure from the markets, " says Claire Demesmay, French expert at the German Council on Foreign Relations.

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John Hulsman, an American analyst at the German Council on Foreign Relations, predicts trouble over Iran at a first meeting between the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the next American president.

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