The German government has permitted Ukraine the use of German weapons against Russian territory. This caused a debate not limited to Germany. Many voices fear an escalation of the conflict. One of them is Thomas Fasbender, the geopolitics editor of the German daily newspaper Berliner Zeitung. The newspaper is not pro-Russian. In a commentary in the same media, Alexander Dubowy ...
While the German military debates plans to intervene directly in the war in Ukraine and the German government debates, among other steps, the reintroduction of obligatory military service as war preparations, others demand a different course in foreign policy. “Sanctions have failed as a policy instrument. There is no other way to peace without some interaction with Russia”, says Michael ...
Interview by Meral Akkaya The released recording and text by Margarita Simonyan, the Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today, regarding German officers sparked a huge outcry. In recordings German officers were planning a long-range Taurus missile attack on the Crimean Bridge. The participants in the conversation dated February 19 includes head of Air Force Operations Brigadier General Frank, Air Force Chief Lieutenant ...
In recent weeks, one of the main issues on Germany’s agenda has been the Alternative for Germany party (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD). Mass demonstrations against the “far right”, “racism” and “xenophobia” were organised in many cities across the country. The protests were attended and supported by government parties and officials. Parallel to the demonstrations, the “AfD threat” has been the ...
By Can Çakır, Magdeburg, Germany Compact Magazine, under the editorial leadership of Jürgen Elsässer, organized a conference titled “Withdraw from NATO, Peace with Russia.” The conference, which took place in the city of Magdeburg, featured many important speakers from Germany and Russia. We followed the conference on-site in Magdeburg. Also had the opportunity to have evaluations of Jürgen Elsässer, the ...
By Can Çakır The interview was published in Aydınlık Europe newspaper and translated into English by Uwidata. For Germany, the era of nuclear energy has come to an end after 60 years. Isar 2 in Bavaria, Neckarwestheim 2 in Baden-Württemberg and Emsland nuclear power plant in the northwest of the country were decommissioned. Thus, the nuclear phase-out process in electricity ...
Harald Kujat (born 1 March 1942) is a retired German General of the Luftwaffe. He served as Chief of Staff of the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, from 2000 to 2002, and as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 2002 to 2005. He also served as Chairman of the NATO-Russia Council and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council of the Chiefs ...
By Ali Mercan, reporting from Frankfurt / Main Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s policy of ‘assuring Europe’s security together with Russia’ is a continuation of the state tradition identified with chancellors such as Helmut Schmidt, Gerhard Schröder and Helmut Kohl. An intense Transatlantic offensive has been launched against Russia, which has stopped NATO’s eastward expansion in Ukraine. Former German Chancellor ...
The 2000s were the years when the Social Democrat parties in Europe began to melt down. They were incapable of providing solutions to the raging neoliberal attacks of the globalization. With the financial crisis of 2008, which started in the US and spread across Europe, this meltdown accelerated. The leading Social Democratic parties in Europe, the German Social Democratic Party ...
On February 27, 2022, three days after the eruption of conflict in Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivered a policy statement in the German Parliament. He said “We are living through a watershed era. And that means that the world afterwards will no longer be the same as the world before”. In the Western world, Germany was considered to be ...