Jeffrey Rathke says that the German general election in September is the most important election this year in the whole world. He is the President of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at the Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC and explains the US perspective, what America expects from the next chancellor and what each party stands for when it comes to foreign affairs.

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