German Marshall Fund report shows path towards more strategic and global transatlantic relationship

The German Marshall Fund of the United States released on May 29 the report of the task force on the future of German-American relations. Thorsten Benner, a member of the task force, said that he views the report as a ​“conversation starter towards a more sober, less emotional, less self-referential, more strategic and more globally oriented transatlantic relationship.” One of the task force’s recommendations is to the ​“globalize transatlantic networks” (as exemplified by the Global Governance Futures program).