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Russian Official Warns a New Missile Crisis Is ‘Unavoidable’ Without Arms...
Moscow wants to prohibit the deployment of short and medium-range missiles in Europe previously banned under the INF treaty
Posted on January 27, 2022
A Russian...
Scholz declines invitation to Washington
Germany Has Little Maneuvering Room in Ukraine Conflict
The U.S. wants to impose harsh sanctions on Russia invades Ukraine. But the German government is putting...
A brave German
German navy chief Schönbach resigns over comments on Putin, Crimea
Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach stepped down as the head of the German navy after publicly...
Germany Blocks NATO Ally From Transferring Weapons to Ukraine
Refusal to permit Estonia to transfer artillery that originated in Germany points to strains in Western alliance over Ukraine
By Michael R. Gordon
Jan. 21,...
Western governments drop plans to cut Russia off from SWIFT
Washington still insists all options are on the table despite report
17 Jan, 2022
German newspaper Handelsblatt has reported that Western leaders have ruled out...
Sergio Cesaratto – Stability Pact: ‘EU and Germany must compensate us,...
Without a serious change in governance, there is a risk that the new rules of the Stability Pact will lead to a repetition of...
No, the European Union Doesn’t Need Its Own Army
French president Emmanuel Macron has renewed calls for the creation of a joint EU army. The proposal smacks of a desperate attempt to reverse...
Costas Lapavitsas, Sergi Cutillas – National states, transnational institutions, and hegemony...
The emerging EU fiscal policy framework lacks clear rules, reflecting the peculiar character of German hegemony as well as deep divisions between core and...
Germany’s new chancellor is (rightly) taking a chance on Russia reset
Cooperation between the two powers has been one of the best things to come out of the post-Cold War era. Let’s hope he sets...
Ukrainian games and the ghost of Hungary: Biden and Blinken, Soros...
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
Sometimes, upon reading what the US Secretary of State, Mr. Antony Blinken, is saying or writing, one wonders what the talks between...