America, Germany and the Alliance's New Reform Logic, by Ronald D. Asmus In the geopolitical context of the post-Cold War period, bilateral German-American relations have lost their strategie importance from the standpoint of transatlantic leaders. Furthermore, since Europe is no longer under a military threat at a time when the European Union's economie and military power is comparable to that of the United States, many Americans are wondering about the necessity of keeping American military forces on the Old Continent. Regarding the Federal Republic, these questions are becoming more and more insistent now that Germany is having difficulty in becoming the global économie and strategie partner that the United States need in Europe and the ...