It involves the 3rd and 11th largest economies in the world, and the countries which host the first and third largest number of U.S. troops abroad (56,000 in Japan, 25,000 in Korea; compare 35,000 Germany). The United States, Japan and South Korea are linked by a military alliance directed..…

The European Union collectively has $9.7 trillion and Japan is next with $2.8 trillion. Germany has $2 trillion. . The World and US consumer spending is growing at about 3% per year. ..…

While Iranian officials like Zarif have rejected these claims, Iran's alleged links to militant groups and China, European Union, France, Germany, Russia and United Kingdom. ..…

Germany has also not been spared the populist wave in the European Union. Growing anti-EU and anti-NATO sentiments in Germany were borne out by the results of the 2017 Bundestag (Parliament) elections. ..…