... for over 70% of NATO's defence expenditures; of contributions made by states other than the US, the UK and France contribute over 41% of the expenditures of all remaining NATO funding. In the Baltic region, NATO countries also differ significantly. Germany is the heaviest contributor (15% of the total NATO budget with the exception of the US share). If Berlin implements the 2/20 target by 2024, the country's NATO-related expenses will rise by over US$ 30 billion. This is an enormous sum, given that ...
... diplomat. Before being appointed ambassador to the EU in 2005, he was Russia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it”, the expression goes.
On 29 September 1938 Great Britain, France, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy made a deal to partition Czechoslovakia, in what politely became known as the Munich agreement. Faced with insurmountable Franco-British diplomatic pressure Prague was forced to give in to the German ultimatum, effectively committing ...
German voters render an impartial verdict on the parties in the current coalition that will force the parties’ leaders to revise their strategies
Kerim Has:
Turkey and Germany: Souring Relations between Strategic Allies
The Bundestag elections that took place on Sunday September 24, 2017 yielded a number of surprises. Contrary to predictions, the 76.2 per cent
voter turnout
was significantly higher than in 2013 (71....
Turkey is among the hot topics debated in the context of the German parliamentary race
In the short to medium term, Turkey's relations with Germany and the EU will remain far from normal.
The phrase “What matters is not how the votes are cast but how they are counted”, which is widely popular in Russia, is true of internal political processes in many countries across the globe. Germany ...
... steps towards continental cooperation and the creation of a common economic space from Lisbon to Vladivostok (L2V).Referring to SCHNEIDR GROUP’s „Lisbon-to-Vladivostok (L2V)” position paper one needs to stress the major economic benefits for Germany, but more broadly for the EU, of restoring close economic cooperation with Russia and the EAEU.The resumption of contacts also at EU level would greatly help moving forward the L2V goal, the establishment of a common economic space between the ...
Warsaw’s ambitions — a detriment to Berlin
Berlin’s current frustration with Warsaw is a symptom of Eastern Europe’s growing geopolitical importance. The region is attracting attention from two key global players: the United States and China. Germany is mainly concerned with Poland’s rapprochement with the United States and hostility towards Berlin.
With Brexit on the table, Poland has views to replace Britain as Washington’s main EU ally.
The Polish political elite relies on American ...
... in the world economy as an obstacle to European integration, crisis phenomena in the European Union, and as European security system issue, etc. At the same time, the current domestic political dynamics in the U.S. and EU countries — primarily in Germany — brings the issues of transatlantic or European-American relations to the forefront. The configuration of the future world order will depend on the dynamics of these relations.
Such tensions within Western institutions and the Euro-Atlantic ...
In the course of the event the experts and government agency representatives from Germany, the EU, and Russia discussed the opportunities for cooperation in countering terrorism, in particular, the issues of correlation between terrorism and migration, Islamic extremism, radicalization processes in the Middle East, in Central Asia,...
... – July 1 2017, Berlin hosted the 5th “German-Russian International Dialogue” or GRID, a meeting of a Russian-German work group within the joint project of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Koerber Foundation (
Koerber Stiftung
, Germany).
The meeting gathered Russian and German expert and media communities, as well as government officials nd representatives of NGO's.
During the meeting the following issues were discussed: current state and prospects for relations within the ...
Representatives of European diplomatic and expert circles took part in the event.
On June 26 RIAC took part in a closed meeting in Berlin that focused on the role of Russia in the Middle East. The event was organized by
BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
, Al-Tawila, and
Candid Foundation
.
Representatives of European diplomatic and expert circles took part in the event.
The opening speeches were made by Dr. Michael Schaefer, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Carsten Wieland, founder of AL-TAWILA...
