Piotr Buras speaks of “bafflement” at the chaotic communication in Berlin on the Ukraine conflict
They insist on co-ordination […] and it is true, there has been a lot of co-ordination efforts, and more or less unity holds, but underneath there are a lot of potential risks
The crisis in Ukraine might reopen splits that emerged during the Iraq war between a “Carolingian west” centred on Paris and Berlin and an “Anglo-American camp”, Jana Puglierin notes
Decision-makers in Berlin are probably baffled by the forcefulness of their allies’ reactions. But the government’s position should not be surprising to anyone paying close attention
Gustav Gressel quoted in La Vanguardia on Russia’s geopolitical outlook and grand strategy
Putin might want Nord Stream 2 but he doesn’t want it so much — he definitely wants Ukraine more than that pipeline […] So it’s not something you can use to deter Putin
Rafael Loss publishes his opinion, “Why Germany is so vulnerable to Russian blackmail” on CNN
We could not expect much more from this telephone conversation, knowing that it is not with France that the Russians intend to talk about European security but with the Americans
Marie Dumoulin on the telephone call between Putin and Macron on Friday 28 January
Olaf Scholz has declared Russia policy a top priority. But he has not done justice to this task at all. Germany no longer claims leadership in Russia policy
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