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Dr. Peter Hefele is policy director at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies in Brussels.
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America, Europe's Frenemy
The United States serves as a projection screen for the desires and hatreds of many Europeans–and in the process, offers insight into Europe’s own internal tensions.