Piotr Buras argues for the need for local-based German-Polish cooperation in the face of increasingly tense political relations
Media mentions – Ukraine
It is the diverging views of how the war should end rather than Mr. Putin’s threats that is the real risk for European unity.
Ivan Krastev comments on realist, optimist and revisionist views on the war in Ukraine
Russia’s attacks to undermine Ukraine’s economic sustainability are a stark reminder that this is a long war that will not end soon
Gustav Gressel was quoted in El Confidencial on the subject of Western long-term support to Ukraine
Moscow is carrying out a terror campaign against Ukrainian civil population. Winter has become Putin’s new weapon.
Rafael Loss was quoted in the Spanish newspaper La Razón on the subject of the escalation of Russian offensive over Ukraine.
Putin has excluded the any chance of a negotiated settlement
Gustav Gressel explores the prospects of the war in Ukraine in light of the latest decisions and acts performed by Russia
There is no consensus among European capitals about how the war might end. Despite this, Europeans are no longer clinging to the old international order, which Russia’s invasion bust apart.
Without more efforts to inject credibility and energy into the enlargement process, the European Political Community will amount to no more than a fig leaf to cover the EU’s geopolitical struggles
This harms Germany’s credibility vis-à-vis other NATO allies
Marie Dumoulin talks about the debate around the EU-wide visa ban for Russian tourists, examines EU sanctions and how European states are working with Russian groups abroad