... stability of the United States either. America’s problem is the limits of pressure on both Russia and the leaders of the world majority. They will still have to be spoken to on equal terms, even taking into account the US leadership in many areas.
The European Union retains decent financial, industrial, infrastructural and human capabilities. But their conversion into political weight remains unclear. Brussels is actively developing skills in the field of common security policy. This experience cannot ...
We live in the realities of 2025, when increased efforts do not result in proportional damage
The European Union has introduced its 18
th
package of sanctions against Russia. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas has
called
it “one of the strongest sanctions packages against Russia to date.” It is hard to ...
... was
urged
by Chancellor Friedrich Merz to engage in peace talks with the United States and Israel. Asserting that “Iran must not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon, as it would be a threat to international security.” Kaja Kallas, the head of European Union foreign policy,
repeated
this position on the X media platform, calling on all parties to take a step back, get back to the negotiating table, and stop the situation from getting worse. This cautious attitude highlights Europe's efforts ...
... political factors may have a growing influence on Russian-Chinese economic relations. These include the trade war between China and the United States, a possible escalation of US sanctions against Russia, and the expansion of secondary sanctions by the European Union against Chinese companies.
Russian-Chinese Dialogue: The 2024 Model. RIAC Report
The trade war, in the form of increased import duties on imported goods, has become one of the calling cards of Donald Trump's second term in office. The ...
... crises. To maintain technological leadership, horizontal locational conditions need be improved: taxation, regulation, energy supply, and skilled labour. Local-content criteria could provide incentives for increased domestic production in Germany and the European Union.
Export dependencies, especially on the United States, should be reduced, and alternative sales markets opened. Free trade agreements can help minimize economic risks from trade conflicts.
Germany is one of the largest providers of international ...
The prospect of these measures influencing Moscow’s political decisions remains negligible
The seventeenth package of EU sanctions was discussed at length by the EU authorities. Against the backdrop of Russian-American negotiations on Ukraine, it symbolized the independence of the EU’s political position and the unity of its ranks on the Ukrainian issue. The new package of restrictive measures fulfilled its signal and symbolic role. But Brussels again failed to achieve any more decisive results...
Report No. 99 / 2025
Report No. 99 / 2025
The following report focuses on the Middle Eastern policies of extra-regional actors and their transformation in changing conditions. It concentrates on studying the strategies pursued by Russia, the U.S., the EU, China and India in the Middle East. The report also examines how Middle Eastern countries perceive extra-regional actors as they aspire to build pragmatic and balanced relationships with external partners.
Extra-Regional Actors in the Middle East...
Geopolitical stories by Dr. Katja Banik.
Many people do not realize how lucky we all are to be living in these times of change and upheaval – so, let’s make something of it!
„Schönheit ist überall ein gar willkommener Gast“ [1] (Goethe)
Russia with a reach: Peaceful grazing horses. Russia/Lithuania border near Rusnè.
(Summer 2023).
Multipolarity is a reality
One cycle comes to an end and a new cycle begins. The gravity of the world shifts, the old thinking, the old structures slowly disappear and...
... historically Europe has always sought a solution to its internal problems in wars with its neighbours. These problems are really big. First, the model of the socio-economic structure of most large European countries is in crisis. Britain, which left the European Union not so long ago, is no exception. The exhaustion of the possibilities for leading a parasitic existence in relation to the rest of the world now threatens European politicians with a loss of power due to the growing economic difficulties ...
The Unbearable Weight of Euro Atlanticism
Late in 2024 – early 2025, new external and internal conditions for the economic-political postures of the United States and the European Union, as well as their constituent entities (50 states and 27 countries) were burgeoning. Last year, the main events took place in November (election of the new old president, collapse of the “traffic light” coalition in the Federal Republic ...
