Germany, the USA, and Russia in the Changing World

... economic cooperation. Although specific episodes, mostly connected to European security issues (including Russian President Vladimir Putin’s famous “Munich Speech” and Russia’s withdrawal from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ... ... build a “Greater Europe”. The Ukrainian crisis and its consequences were unexpected for both sides. On one hand, for Russia, Germany’s position looked and still looks strictly pro-American. The Russian side assumed that the Federal Republic of Germany ...