BERLIN (via Washington) — My colleague Constanze Stelzemueller wrote this piece in the Financial Times about Germany’s recent state elections in Hesse and Lower Saxony before they happened. It was a critical test for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, and the results were, well, critical. (Apologies to the Economist for riffing on their headline.)

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BELGRADE, Serbia — Some colleagues and I just returned from a brief but enlightening trip to Moldova and Transnistria, January 21-23. We wanted to learn more about the complex political, social, and economic situations and how our programs (BST and BTD) can assist those working to improve them. A bit of background: After the collapse [...]

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