Tag: Foreign policy
“We don’t think as strategically as China”
The growing tensions in the West with Russia and China and the close ties between the two autocratic states pose major challenges for Europe. The answer is for the EU…
President Selensky warns against panic
Shopping street in Kiev Ukraine is also suffering from rising prices. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Berlin “At the moment they are not attacking our earth, but our nerves. We are supposed…
Putin’s strength is the weakness of the West – Berlin is also responsible for that
Wladimir Putin Russia’s president has used brute force with considerable success. (Photo: AP) If Vladimir Putin could wish for a West, the picture he has created should come pretty close…
Despite the previous refusal, Ukraine is demanding military aid from Germany
Ukrainian soldiers in Mariupol on the Black Sea So far, Kiev’s army has been underequipped to seriously fend off an attack by Russian troops. Russia is concentrating more and more…
The Putin understanders of German politics
The Putin understanders They appear well-disposed towards Vladimir Putin (middle): Michael Kretschmer, Manuela Schwesig, Rolf Mützenich and Gerhard Schröder (clockwise from top left). (Photo: dpa, imago, Pool Sputnik Kremlin) Berlin,…
World risk Putin – how Russia is endangering peace and the economy
Wladimir Putin International relations and global peace depend on the decisions of the Russian President. (Photo: Mona Eing & Michael Meissner) Russia’s President Putin cleverly exploits the West’s weaknesses. The…
Germany loses its special role for Russia
German-Russian friendship societies already existed on both sides of the Iron Curtain before the Wall came down. A German princess ruled Russia as Tsarina Katarina the Great. And Fyodor Dostoevsky…
The West fears escalation
Berlin, Dusseldorf Amos Hochstein is hardly known in Europe – nevertheless, the 49-year-old American could play a key role in the Ukraine conflict. Hochstein is the US special envoy for…
The West fears escalation
Berlin, Dusseldorf Amos Hochstein is hardly known in Europe – nevertheless, the 49-year-old American could play a key role in the Ukraine conflict. Hochstein is the US special envoy for…
After the Russia talks is before the escalation
Berlin, Dusseldorf Talks in three cities, zero result: First between the USA and Russia in Geneva, then at the first Russia-NATO Council in two and a half years in Brussels,…
“A question of life and death”
Berlin The American-Russian meeting in Geneva could not have started under worse conditions. In the event of a failure to agree, Moscow threatens “military measures, Washington announces severe economic sanctions.…
The many toads for the Greens in government
Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock The Greens have already faced a number of problems in the government. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin In the end, there are only four thin sentences sent…
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth instead of the cleverer gives in
Hospital in Russia Clinics and doctors in Russia are completely overburdened because of the pandemic. (Photo: imago images / SNA) It’s a harassment: In Russia, foreigners now have to undergo…
A Franco-German rift is of no use to anyone
Bavaria’s penultimate nuclear reactor went offline at the turn of the year It is Germany that has chosen a special path, namely to get out of nuclear power before the…
A Franco-German rift is of no use to anyone
Bavaria’s penultimate nuclear reactor went offline at the turn of the year It is Germany that has chosen a special path, namely to get out of nuclear power before the…
A Franco-German rift is of no use to anyone
Bavaria’s penultimate nuclear reactor went offline at the turn of the year It is Germany that has chosen a special path, namely to get out of nuclear power before the…
The new Cold War must not get hot
When Mikhail Gorbachev announced the end of the Soviet Union to his people on December 25, 30 years ago, he didn’t even get his usual cup of tea in the…
Germany needs a realpolitik of the Helmut Schmidt 2.0 brand
Western rivals: Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping Relations with Russia and China will be the first test for the new federal government. (Photo: AP) Realpolitik in Germany since the times…
Why Russia’s Ukraine course could hit its own economy hard
Wladimir Putin The Russian President denies Ukraine its independence and demands guarantees that the country will never become a member of NATO. For this he also risks the toughest western…
Foreign policy: Baerbock versus Scholz – The first practical test
Baerbock and Scholz Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Chancellor Olaf Scholz have to take a strong stand against China and Russia. (Photo: Reuters) At first glance, the new federal government…