“I’m a Cold War kid,” says Boris Pistorius, sitting across from Lloyd Austin, another Cold War kid. The US and German defense ministers meet on this East American afternoon in a well-protected room at Austin’s workplace, the Pentagon. Outside military reception with anthems and honor guard. Inside, the visitor assures the host in English before the confidential part of the conversation begins: “I am a convinced transatlantic German.”
Defense Minister Pistorius travels to the USA – and is warmly welcomed – politics
