... the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Dynkin for his energy and perseverance in getting the event to happen, as well as to Wolfgang Ischinger for his political integrity in giving the Russian side such an opportunity.
However, perhaps the most impressive speech was given by the host of the conference, Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. Merkel was the true queen of the Munich ball; there was even chatter on the side-lines of the event to the effect that it was the best speech of her long political career. That, of course, is open to argument. I remember another rousing ...
... pressure, with some progress possible in civil society contacts. However, there are two factors connected with Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer which will no doubt affect relations between the two countries.
Despite the harsh and relentless sanctions pressure on Russia as a result of the Ukrainian crisis, Angela Merkel, if she really does not see herself as the main specialist on Russia in Berlin and the West, at least has her own opinion on Russia’s domestic and foreign politics — not least thanks to her background and knowledge of Russian. What is ...
... could become a worthy strategic response to the unprecedentedly strong and brutal U.S. pressure
Which country has already suffered the greatest losses through the new U.S. strategy announced a year-and-a-half ago by President Donald Trump?
Clearly not Russia, whose relations with Washington were far from perfect even under the previous U.S. administration. Nor is it Mexico or Canada: even Trump is unable to turn the tables on the United States’ relations with its closest neighbours so rapidly and ...
A new government in Berlin is always a new opportunity — not only for Germany itself, but also for its international partners, Russia including
I understand the fundamentals. Russia lost Germany back in 2014 or even earlier. Seventy-three years after the end of WW2 and twenty-eight years after the reunification, the new generation of Germans owes Russian nothing. After the ...
... intensified its activity in the country,
operating
through religious foundations, mosques, imams, and parishioners. Chancellor Angela Merkel has made a statement to the effect that the number of imams coming to Germany from Turkey has grown noticeably in ... ... affecting Germany's so-called hinterland, first and foremost Austria and the Netherlands.
Down the economic slope
Kerim Has:
Russian-Turkish Dialog: Foreign Policy on a Domestic Passport
This significant worsening of relations between Turkey and Germany ...
... Russia into European structures and the construction of the so-called "Greater Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok».
RIAC Policy Brief “Lies, Spies and Big Data: How Fake News Is Rewriting Political Landscapes”
In spite of the rise to power of Angela Merkel, a supporter of strengthened transatlantic relations, Russian-German relations have all in all continued to develop in a positive way, especially in the sphere of economic cooperation. Although specific episodes, mostly connected to European security issues (including Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ...
... tactical postures and misunderstanding on the crisis developments, the contradictory representations between Russians, Europeans and Americans express different representations of the world. At the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine, John Kerry and Angela Merkel, the most prominent western leaders in favour of sanctions of European Union against Russia claimed that Russia was an actor whose behaviour was a thing of the past. John Kerry declared on the 3rd of march 2014 that "You just don't in the 21st century behave in 19th-century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped ...
... the federal chancellor pointedly takes an extremely harsh stance with regard to the Russian leadership, not allowing this stance to weaken either at the Chancellery level or at the level of government or the CDU, CSU and SPD parties in the Bundestag. Angela Merkel’s government team and the parliamentary majority are pretty much united in their critical position in relation to Russia. The existing nuances in views held should not be taken as disagreements (such as, for example, the recent criticism of Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s “soft” position by the CSU’s chairman Horst Seehoffer).
The Chancellor’s ...
... message is that the door to deescalation is open, but real action is required rather propaganda. It is unclear how Chancellor Angela Merkel reacted at the announcement of Putin's decision. On the same token it is arguable that an anniversary, where one ... ... most experienced politicians, is of course aware of having effectively attempted everything in and beyond her powers to turn Russia into a pariah in the international community. After all even the in subtly ruthless art of diplomacy you reap what you ...
